brm_1096414 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Héraclée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de Sévère II, finement détaillé. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL VAL SEVERVS NOBIL CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Sévère II César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Flavius Valerius Severus Nobilissimus Caesar", (Flavien Valère Sévère très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI// HTA.
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).
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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