bby_970354 - REVOLT OF THE HERACLII Decanummium

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Price : 150.00 €

Type : Decanummium

Date: 608-610

Mint name / Town : Carthage

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 3,36 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.366 - R.1329 - Do.8 - BN/B.2 - BC.715 - MBR.13 - DMBR.10 /3N (550€) - MIBE.13

Obverse

Obverse legend : [ERAC]LIO - CONS[VLI].

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d’Héraclius de face.

Reverse

Reverse legend : N-M.

Reverse description : Grand X surmonté d’une croix et une étoile au-dessous.

Commentary

Ce type sembleplus rare que ne le laissent suppoeser les ouvrages généraux. C’est la prmeière fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
This type seems rarer than general works suggest. This is the first time we have offered it for sale.

Historical background

REVOLT OF THE HERACLII

(summer 608 - 5/10/610

Heraclius had been prefect of Africa since the reign of Maurice Tiberius. With his son, also named Heraclius, he revolted against the tyranny of Phocas. The sedition broke out in the summer of 608 and quickly the Heracliids controlled Carthage and Alexandria as well as Cyprus. On October 4, 610, Heraclius landed in Constantinople, overthrew Phocas and had him put to death.

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