v50_0095 - CONSTANTINE V Solidus
MONNAIES 50 (2011)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 940.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 1 600.00 €
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 940.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 1 600.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 741-742
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,43 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un flan ovale avec les grènetis complets. Très beaux portraits de style fin, bien venu à la frappe
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Florange (Kapamadji) juin 1964
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N CO-NS-TANTINYS.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Constantin V, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant une longue croix potencée de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Constantin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : D - LE-ON PAMYL I
.
Reverse description : Buste couronné de Léon III, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant une longue croix potencée de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Notre seigneur Léon).
Commentary
Au droit, le S de Constantinus est regravé sur un H. Au revers le I (iota) est regravé sur un thêta. Nous pourrions avoir affaire à un solidus du tout début du règne de Constantin V avec le droit qui serait repris du monnayage de Léon III avec l’ancienne marque d’officine. Ce type du tout début du règne serait en fait beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
On the obverse, the S of Constantinus is re-engraved on an H. On the reverse, the I (iota) is re-engraved on a theta. We could be dealing with a solidus from the very beginning of the reign of Constantine V with the obverse which would be taken from the coinage of Leo III with the old officinal mark. This type from the very beginning of the reign would in fact be much rarer than general works suggest.
On the obverse, the S of Constantinus is re-engraved on an H. On the reverse, the I (iota) is re-engraved on a theta. We could be dealing with a solidus from the very beginning of the reign of Constantine V with the obverse which would be taken from the coinage of Leo III with the old officinal mark. This type from the very beginning of the reign would in fact be much rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE V
(06/18/741 - 09/14/775)
Constantine V succeeded Leo III. He had been associated with the power of his father since March 25, 720. At the beginning of his reign, Constantine V had to face the revolt of Artavasdus (July 742 - November 2, 743). Constantine V crushed his adversary near Sardis and retook Constantinople where he had the usurper blinded in the Hippodrome. During the reign of Constantine V, Ravenna fell into the hands of the Lombards. At the same time, the Byzantines lost much of their authority over the papacy and Italy in general. That same year, Pepin the Short became king of the Franks and inaugurated a new dynasty, the Carolingians. In the East, Constantine won considerable victories over Islam and celebrated a triumph at Constantinople in 763. Iconoclast like his father Leo III, he fought the pope, the iconodules and the Greek monastic movements who opposed his religious policy..
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