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brm_460873 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus

SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,20 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire pour ce type rare. Joli portrait. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : SEVERVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Sévère II César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Severus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Sévère très noble césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SACRA MON VRB AVGG ET CAES NN/ -|*//RT.
Reverse description : Moneta (La Monnaie) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Sacra Moneta Urbis Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum”, (Monnaie sacrée de la ville de nos augustes et de nos césars).

Commentary


Poids léger. Rubans de type 2 aux extrémités bouletées.

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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