brm_1076383 - SEVERUS II Follis
250.00 €(Approx. 290.00$ | 220.00£)
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Type : Follis
Date: 306
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Portrait agréable. Patine grise avec des reflets cuivrés
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C SEVERVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Sévère II à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Severus Pius Felix Augustus” (L’empereur césar Sévère pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDES MILITVM // PT.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) drapée, assise à gauche, tenant un étendard dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum” (La Fidélité militaire).
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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