v19_0364 - SEVERUS II Quart de follis ou quart de nummus

SEVERUS II Quart de follis ou quart de nummus XF

MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Quart de follis ou quart de nummus

Date: 306

Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : + 50 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,46 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert olive foncée

Catalogue references :

C.33 (10f.) - RIC.171 a - RC.3740 (100£)

Obverse

Obverse legend : SEVERVS NOB C.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Sévère à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : "Severus Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Sévère 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 une corne d'abondance de la 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..

SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus AU/AU

280.00 €

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