brm_957406 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL VAL SEVERVS NOB C.
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 : CONCORDIA IMPERII/-|VI// SIS.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un long sceptre vertical de la main droite et un pan de sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : G
Reverse translation : “Concordia Imperii”, (la Concorde de l'Empire).
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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