v08_0764 - PHOCAS Follis
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis
Date: an 9
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Trace de surfrappe, peut-être sur un follis de Maurice-Tibère. Beau portrait. Patine vert foncé / Frappe un peu molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient du fonds Florange (avec son étiquette de stock)
Obverse
Obverse legend : [D M FOCA] - PER [AVG].
Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Phocas couronné, diadémé avec pendilia, de face tenant un globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Phocas perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANNO/Y/II/I/NIKO B.
Reverse description : XXXX.
Reverse translation : (an 9).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié pour la huitième année de règne avec cette disposition.
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the eighth regnal year with this arrangement
Appears to be completely unpublished and unlisted for the eighth regnal year with this arrangement
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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