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Auction 123 23-24 May 2023
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Philippicus (Bardanes). 711-713. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.55 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and eagle-tipped scepter / Cross potent set on three steps; I//CONOB. DOC 1j var. (obv. legend); MIB 1 var. (same); SB 1447. Lustrous. In NGC encapsulation 6558566-014, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. An interesting variety with Philippicus' name spelled with two P's instead of the more commonly found Latin spelling of just one.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Nomos 19 (17 November 2019), lot 424; G. Hirsch 135 (19 January 1983), 803.
Bardanes was a general of Armenian origins who was proclaimed Emperor upon the final overthrow of Justinian II. Almost immediately, he alienated the clergy by reviving the Monothelite 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.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Nomos 19 (17 November 2019), lot 424; G. Hirsch 135 (19 January 1983), 803.
Bardanes was a general of Armenian origins who was proclaimed Emperor upon the final overthrow of Justinian II. Almost immediately, he alienated the clergy by reviving the Monothelite 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.