Rare BYZANTINE GOLD COIN FOCAS 602 - 610 AD TREMISSIS Constantinople 1. 24 G
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:34552569 | Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned |
| Composition: Gold | Certification: Harlan J. Berk Ltd. |
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Ab...out the coin:Gold Coin 602-610 ADApprox.-15.64 mm diameterApprox.- 1.24 g
OBVERSE________________________________________Obverse legend: DN FOCAS - PER AVI.
Obverse description: Diademed , draped and cuirassed bust of right Phocas (A'a); beaded diadem.
Obverse translation: "Dominus Noster Focas Perpetuus Augustus", (Our august Lord august Phocas).
REVERSE________________________________________Reverse legend: VICTORI FOCAS AVS - | - // CONOB.
Reverse description: Potentiated cross.
Reverse translation: "Victoria Focas Augusti", (The Victory of the Phocas Augustus).
Phocas succeeded Maurice Tiberius, who had been killed from Constantinople and took refuge in 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 grabbed Caesarea in Cappadocia and Chalcedony. Meanwhile, the Avars spread in the Balkans, spreading death in their wake. The Empire appeared on the verge of breaking up when a revolt broke out in Carthage, led by Heraclius and his father, Exarch of Carthage. They drove Phocas who was executed in 610.#20
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