v19_0364 - SEVERUS II Quart de follis ou quart de nummus
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Quart de follis ou quart de nummus
Date: 306
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : + 50 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert olive foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SEVERVS NOB C.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Sévère à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : "Severus Nobilissimus Cæsar", (Sévère noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI// SIS.
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 une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
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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