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Philippicus (Bardanes) (AD 711-713). AV solidus (20mm, 4.29 gm, 7h). NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5, die shift, brushed. Constantinople, 7th officina. d N FILЄPICЧS-MЧL-TЧS AN, bust of Philippicus facing, wearing crown and loros, globus cruciger in right hand, scepter surmounted by eagle and star in left / VICTORIA-AVϚЧ Z, cross potent with base set on three steps; CONOB below. Sear 1447. DOC 1. The die shift is thankfully confined to the reverse, with the finely detailed obverse struck crisply on a bright flan.
Part of a debilitating string of short-lived rulers, Bardanes was a general of Armenian origins who was proclaimed Emperor upon the final overthrow of Justinian II. Almost immediately, he alienated the clergy and populace by reviving the Monothelete heresy (proposing that Christ had a single, divine nature and will) which had supposedly been stamped out decades previously. He was also unsuccessful in stopping Arab and Bulgarian advances, prompting the Byzantine army to depose and blind him after 18 months of ineffective rule. He was replaced by the finance minister Artemius, who reigned as Anastasius II. This extraordinary piece shows the unusually fine artistry employed on the coinage for so ephemeral a reign, showing the emperor holding two symbols of office dating back to Roman times: The globus cruciger and scipio aquila, a scepter topped by an eagle.
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Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Philippicus (Bardanes) (AD 711-713). AV solidus (20mm, 4.29 gm, 7h). NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5, die shift, brushed. Constantinople, 7th officina. d N FILЄPICЧS-MЧL-TЧS AN, bust of Philippicus facing, wearing crown and loros, globus cruciger in right hand, scepter surmounted by eagle and star in left / VICTORIA-AVϚЧ Z, cross potent with base set on three steps; CONOB below. Sear 1447. DOC 1. The die shift is thankfully confined to the reverse, with the finely detailed obverse struck crisply on a bright flan.
Part of a debilitating string of short-lived rulers, Bardanes was a general of Armenian origins who was proclaimed Emperor upon the final overthrow of Justinian II. Almost immediately, he alienated the clergy and populace by reviving the Monothelete heresy (proposing that Christ had a single, divine nature and will) which had supposedly been stamped out decades previously. He was also unsuccessful in stopping Arab and Bulgarian advances, prompting the Byzantine army to depose and blind him after 18 months of ineffective rule. He was replaced by the finance minister Artemius, who reigned as Anastasius II. This extraordinary piece shows the unusually fine artistry employed on the coinage for so ephemeral a reign, showing the emperor holding two symbols of office dating back to Roman times: The globus cruciger and scipio aquila, a scepter topped by an eagle.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-philippicus-bardanes-ad-711-713-av-solidus-20mm-429-gm-7h-ngc-ms-4-5-3-5-die-shift-brushed/a/3089-32248.s?type=CoinArchives3089
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD