v23_0679 - PHOCAS Follis
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 255.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 835.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 255.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 835.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Frappe faible et molle au droit. Joli revers. Flan ovale et irrégulier avec un manque de métal à 12 heures au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N FOCA - [PE]RP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Phocas couronné, diadémé avec pendilia, de face tenant un globe crucigère de la main gauche et la mappa de la main droite.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Phocas Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Phocas perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANNO// KRTS.
Reverse description : XX.XX/ E.
Reverse translation : (An 5).
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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