654 - 668 AD GOLD BYZANTINE SOLIDUS CONSTANS & CONSTANTINE IV NGC CHOICE AU 4/5

Description: BYZANTINE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (395-1453 AD) REIGN OF CONSTANS II "POGONATOS (THE BEARDED)" (641-668 AD) & HIS SON CONSTANTINE IV (CO-EMPEROR 654-668 ; EMPEROR 668-685) HERACLIAN DYNASTYGOLD BYZANTINE SOLIDUSCERTIFIED BY NGC CHOICE ABOUT UNCIRCULATEDSTRIKE 4 OF 5SURFACE 2 OF 5 OBV: FACING SIDE-BY-SIDE CROWNED BUSTS OF CONSTANS II WITH LONG BEARD LEFT AND CONSTANTINE IV RIGHT; SMALL CROSS IN BETWEEN BUSTS ABOVE. REV: CROSS POTENT ON TRI-STEPPED BASE. LEGEND "CONOB (CONSTANTINOPLE 1/72 LB PURE GOLD)" BELOW. BORN WITH THE NAME HERAKLEIOS IN 630, CONSTANS II WAS TO ASCEND THE THRONE AS CONSTANTINE, HE WAS KNOWN AS CONSTANS, WHICH IS A DIMINUTIVE. SON OF EMPEROR CONSTANTINE III AND NEPHEW OF EMPEROR HERAKLONAS, HE WAS MADE CO-EMPEROR IN 641. AFTER THE FALL AND MUTILATION OF HIS UNCLE WHICH HAD BEEN ENGINEERED BY THE POWERFUL GENERAL VALENTINUS (WHO WAS LATER LYNCHED BY A MOB FOR TRYING TO USURP THE THRONE), CONSTANS II WAS SOLE RULER. DURING THE RULE OF CONSTANS II, MUSLIM ATTACKS ON EGYPT FORCED A BYZANTINE COMPLETE WITHDRAWL. FURTHER ENCROACHMENT INTO THE BYZANTINE PROVINCES FORCED ACTION, ONLY TO LEAD TO THE BYZANTINE FLEET BEING DESTROYED IN THE BATTLE OF THE MASTS IN 655. CONSTANS LED AND WAS ALMOST KILLED IN THE ENGAGEMENT AND LOST 500 SHIPS. HE HAD MORE LUCK AGAINST THE SLAVS IN THE BALKANS, AND CONCLUDED A PEACE WITH THE ARABS (WHO WERE IN THE MIDST OF A CIVIL WAR) IN 659. IN THAT TIME, THE CHURCH HAD BECOME DIVIDED OVER THE OPINION OF THE NATURE OF CHRIST. CONSTANS TRIED HIS BEST TO DETER DISSENTION AND FRAGMENTATION. AT FIRST HE ORDERED THE SIDES TO NOT SPEAK ON THE MATTER AND AT ONE POINT HE HAD POPE MARTIN I ABDUCTED, ARRESTED AND EXILED FOR LIFE. CONSTANS II HAD HIS BROTHER MURDERED, WAS UNPOPULAR IN THE CAPITAL, CONSTANTINOPLE, AND MOVED HIS RESIDENCE TO SICILY, WHERE HE EVENTUALLY WAS ASSASINATED IN HIS BATH BY HIS OWN CHAMBERLAIN IN 661. HIS SON, CONSTANTINE IV, PICTURED WITH HIM ON THIS GOLD SOLIDUS, WAS MADE CO-EMPEROR IN 654. HIS REIGN SAW A TEMPORARY RESPITE TO FIFTY YEARS OF UNYIELDING ARAB INVASION AND LOSS OF TERRITORY. HE CALLED THE 6TH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, PUTTING TO REST THE CONTROVERSY WHICH HAD DIVIDED THE CHURCH, AND HIS ARMY WAS DEFEATED BY THE BULGARS, WHO CREATED A NEW STATE ON THE EMPIRE'S FRONTIERS WHICH BYZANTIUM HAD TO PAID TRIBUTE TO. HE HAD HIS TWO BROTHERS AND CO-RULERS MUTILATED SO THEY WOULD BE UNFIT TO RULE, SECURED THE SUCCESSION OF HIS SON JUSTINIAN II, AND DIED OF DYSENTERY IN 685 AD. CONTAINS 4.39 GRAMS OF GOLD 19 MM IN DIAMETER CONSTANTINOPLE MINT USA shipping is per item. All packages fully insured.You can arrange pickup from our Fort Lauderdale storefront locationOur business hours are Monday - Friday 10:00am-5:00pm ESTFlorida Sales Tax applicable to invoice totals under $500 on any NON USA minted itemsINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & DELIVERYPLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CRISIS OCCURRING INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY HAS BECOME DELAYED ONCE THE PACKAGE ARRIVES TO CUSTOMS. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. WE CAN OFFER FEDEX SHIPPING HOWEVER THE COST IS MUCH HIGHER. PLEASE INQUIRE IF INTERESTEDDue to increase in postage rates and loss of first class packages we are now strictly shipping via Priority mail as it is more secure and traceable all the way to your door. *Import taxes and duties are NOT included in the item price or shipping charges. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", ”sample”etc.*We do combine shipping on international auctions won.*We now ship solely via USPS Priority Mail International or Fedex International foryour additional tracking and security and ensure delivery to customs.*Delivery times could get delayed to as much as 4 weeks depending on customs conditions.*It is the buyer's responsibility to check with your country's customs office todetermine what these additional costs (if any) will be prior to bidding or buying.These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up. They are not additional shipping charges by RareCoinCollector. eBay sales tax collection eBay will calculate and add the applicable sales tax at checkout. The buyer will pay both the cost of the item along with the sales tax. eBay will collect and remit the tax. Sellers are not able to opt out of selling items into the states listed above or opt out of eBay automatically collecting sales tax. Based on applicable tax laws, eBay will calculate, collect, and remitsales tax on behalf of sellers for items shipped to customers.

Price: 825 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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