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Solidus - Tiberius III Apsimar VICTORIA AVGV, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 698-705 |
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| Value | 1 Solidus |
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| Reverse description | A cross potent set upon three steps occupies the center of the reverse, a design emblematic of Byzantine imperial theology and the triumph of Christianity. The reverse legend is disposed in the field to either side of the cross. In the exergue below the steps appears the mint signature CONOB — indicating the Constantinople mint and the standard fineness of the gold — preceded by an officina letter denoting the specific workshop. The composition is clean and symmetrical, consistent with the refined die-cutting conventions of the Constantinople solidus series of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Tiberius III came to power by overthrowing Leontios in 698 — the same year the Arab Umayyad forces permanently seized Carthage, effectively ending Byzantine Africa. That catastrophic loss was the political crisis that propelled him to the throne, yet his seven-year reign produced coinage of remarkable consistency from the Constantinople mint. He was himself eventually deposed and executed by Justinian II upon the latter's violent return from exile in 705.