bby_210830 - PHOCAS Demi-follis

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Type : Demi-follis

Date: an 5

Mint name / Town : Carthage

Metal : copper

Diameter : 23,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 9,45 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large, épais et décentré. Usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.136 - R.1248 - Do.116 /1 - BN/B.11 - BC.686 - MBR.98

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire a été acheté en décembre 1986

Obverse

Obverse legend : D M FO-CAS PER AI.

Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Phocas couronné, diadémé avec pendilia, de face, tenant un croix de la main gauche et la mappa de la main droite.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Focas Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Phocas perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : *X°XE// KRTS.

Reverse description : XX surmonté d'une croisette.

Reverse translation : (an 5).

Commentary

Poids excessivement. Marque de démonétisation ou coup transversal sur le cou de Phocas.

Historical background

PHOCAS

(23/11/602-5/10/610)

Phocas succeeded Maurice Tiberius who had just been assassinated while trying to flee from Constantinople and take refuge with his friend Chosroes II, king of the Sassanids. To avenge his friend, the Sassanid resumed hostilities against the Byzantines and invaded Syria and Asia Minor. He seized Caesarea of Cappadocia and Chalcedony. Meanwhile, the Avars spread across the Balkans, sowing death in their path. The Empire seemed on the verge of breaking up when a revolt broke out in Carthage, led by Heraclius and his father, Exarch of Carthage. They drove out Phocas who was executed in 610.

PHOCAS Demi-follis VF

bby_210830 - PHOCAS Demi-follis

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

PHOCAS

(23/11/602-5/10/610)

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