brm_1141516 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 1er mai 305 - 25 juillet 306
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 8,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan idéalement centré. Revers quasi SUP. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL VAL SEVERVS NOBIL C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Sévère II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (B*01).
Obverse translation : "Flavius Valerius Severus Nobilissimus Caesar", (Flavien Valère Sévère très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI/ S|F// PTR.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, coiffé du modius, tenant une patère de la main droite et de la gauche une corne d'abondance.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).
Historical background
SEVERUS II
(1/05/305-07/307)
Augustus
Severus II was named Caesar on May 1, 305. After Constance's death, he automatically became Augustus, but was challenged by Constantine and Maxentius. He went to Italy at the beginning of 307, but was besieged in Ravenna by Maximian Hercules who came to rescue his son Maxentius. He surrendered to Maximian on the condition of his life and was later executed.
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