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brm_421301 - SEVERUS II Quart de follis ou “denier”

SEVERUS II Quart de follis ou “denier” AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Quart de follis ou “denier”
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête de Sévère II. Joli revers de haut relief. Très belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse legend : GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI/ -|-// SIS.
Reverse description : Genius (le Génie) debout à gauche, nu, 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).

Commentary


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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