E-auction 651-665068 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 1/05/305 - 25/07/306
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 8,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Jolie monnaie malgré des concrétions, sur flan centré. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL VAL SEVERVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Sévère II César à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant drapé sur l’épaule (B*01).
Obverse translation : “Flavius Valerius Severus Nobilissimus Cæsar” (Flavien Valère Sévère très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI/ (AUTEL)|*// PLG.
Reverse description : Genius (Génie) debout à gauche, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani” (Au Génie du peuple romain).
Historical background
SEVERUS II
(1/05/305-07/307)
Caesar
Severus II was named Caesar on May 1, 305. After Constance's death, he automatically became august, but he was challenged by Constantine and Maxentius. He went to Italy at the beginning of 307, but was besieged in Ravenna by Maximian Hercules who had come to rescue his son Maxence. He surrenders to Maximian on the condition of his life, and is then executed..
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