E-auction 30-10149 - bby_242411 - PHOCAS Demi-follis
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 21 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 November 2013 16:08:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Demi-follis
Date: an
Date: 603
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 5,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan mince, large et irrégulier à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable avec les grènetis visibles. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N FO-CA PERP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Phocas couronné, diadémé avec pendilia, de face, tenant la mappa de la main droite et le globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Focas Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Phocas perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CON À L’EXERGUE.
Reverse description : XX surmonté d'une croisette.
Reverse legend : G
Commentary
Poids léger. Buste consulaire complet. Sur cet exemplaire, la mappa ressemble à l’akakia. Trace de surfrappe, sur un demi-follis de Maurice Tibère peut-être ou de Phocas lui-même.
Lightweight. Complete consular bust. On this example, the mappa resembles the akakia. Trace of over-stamping, on a half-follis of Maurice Tiberius perhaps or of Phocas himself
Lightweight. Complete consular bust. On this example, the mappa resembles the akakia. Trace of over-stamping, on a half-follis of Maurice Tiberius perhaps or of Phocas himself
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.
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