brm_1001117 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus

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Type : Follis ou nummus

Date: 305-306

Mint name / Town : Carthage

Metal : copper

Diameter : 28,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 8,74 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 3e

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Revers agréable. Des faiblesses. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

C.64 - RIC.40 a - RCV.14640 - MRK.127 /10 - RC.3737

Obverse

Obverse legend : FL VAL SEVERVS NOB CAES.

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

Obverse translation : “Flavius Valerius Severus Nobilissimus Cæsar” (Flavien Valère Sévère très noble césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART/ H|-//.

Reverse description : Carthage debout de face, détournant la tête à gauche, drapée, tenant des fruits dans chaque main (raisins et olives).

Reverse legend : G

Reverse translation : “Saluis Augustoris et Cæsaribus Felici Karthago” (À Carthage heureuse, les deux augustes et les deux césars bien portants).

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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