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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7616815, member: 115171&quot;]Byzantine politics could be ruthless and bloody.&nbsp; The sentiment of PAX on the globus cruciger below was more of an ideal than an actuality during the eighth century. [ATTACH=full]1310942[/ATTACH]</p><p>Two solidi of Justinian II, his second reign 705-711 AD. The first shows the emperor in a loros.&nbsp;&nbsp; The second coin shows him and his son Tiberius wearing the chlamys. After Justinian was deposed for the second time (and executed) his wife fled with the six year old Tiberius to sanctuary in a church.&nbsp; However, the supporters of Philippicus dragged the child out of the church and slaughtered him, ending the line of the Heraclian dynasty. [ATTACH=full]1310948[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here is Philippicus. Beautiful coin, disastrous emperor.&nbsp; His reign lasted less than two years before he was deposed by his military officers, and blinded.&nbsp; He died shortly thereafter.&nbsp; This is the last time the scipio, the eagle-topped consular scepter, appears on Byzantine coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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