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Live auction - brm_528647 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus

SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus AU
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : 150 €
Maximum bid : 150 €
End of the sale : 09 April 2019 14:32:30
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,53 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis complets. Très beau buste de Sévère II. Génie inhabituel avec cette légende de revers. Belle patine de collection vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : FL VAL SEVERVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Sévère II César à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant drapé sur l’épaule (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, tourelé, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, le manteau sur le bras gauche, 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).

Commentary


Poids léger. Rubans de type 3.

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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