v29_0535 - PHOCAS Follis

MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 150.00 €

Type : Follis

Date: an 6

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 11,09 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait avec une très jolie patine vert jade. Frappe faible sur la légende au droit avec un flan irrégulier. Très joli revers. Trace de surfrappe au revers

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.- - - R.- - - Do.30 a1 - BN/B.- - - BC.640

Obverse

Obverse legend : [D M FOCA] - PERP AV[G].

Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Phocas couronné, diadémé avec pendilia, de face tenant un globe crucigère de la main gauche.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANNO/ S// CONB.

Reverse description : XXXX.

Reverse translation : (An 6).

Commentary

Exemplaire surfrappé sur un type plus ancien qui ne peut être distingué.

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 Decanummium VF

PHOCAS Demi-follis XF

120.00 €

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PHOCAS Demi-follis XF

150.00 €

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PHOCAS Decanummium XF

100.00 €

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v29_0535 - PHOCAS Follis

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

PHOCAS

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

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