拍品 191
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Constantine IV (668-685), facing bust of Constantine IV, wearing helmet, cuirass and chlamys, holding spear in right hand and shield in left, rev. large cross potent with expanding arms, 31.14g. (ZV 22c), very fine

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Constantine IV (668-685), facing bust of Constantine IV, wearing helmet, cuirass and chlamys, holding spear in right hand and shield in left, rev. large cross potent with expanding arms, 31.14g. (ZV 22c), very fine

拍品專文

Constantine appears alone, dating this seal to after 681 when he deposed his two brothers Heraclius and Tiberius. Constantine had recently presided over the Council of Constantinople at which monotheletism had been rejected, and the champions of monotheletism, including the patriarchs Sergius, Pyrrhus and Cyrus, as well as Pope Honorius, were excommunicated. Constantine was acclaimed the 'new Marcian' and the 'new Justinian'.