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E-auction 100-52740 - brm_234030 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus

SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus XF/AU
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Estimate : 275 €
Price : 116 €
Maximum bid : 117 €
End of the sale : 16 March 2015 15:27:00
bidders : 9 bidders
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 1/05/305 - 25/07/306
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait. Très joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : SEVERVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Sévère II césar à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A*).
Obverse translation : “Severus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Sévère très noble césar).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI/ (AUTEL)|*// PLG.
Reverse description : Genius (Génie) debout à gauche, coiffé du modius, le manteau sur l'épaule gauche, tenant une patère de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Genio Populi Romani”, (Au Génie du Peuple romain).

Commentary


Rubans convergents : rubans descendant verticalement le long de la nuque (type 3). L’épaulière est richement ornée et festonnée. Malgré la rareté du type, nous n’avons relevé aucune identité de coin pertinente.

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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