Live auction - brm_706068 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 360 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 March 2022 15:28:07 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 1er mai 305 - 25 juillet 306
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan mince, centré des deux côtés. Buste finement détaillé. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine marron. La monnaie a conservé son coupant d’origine
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
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3. L’épaulière est richement ornée et festonnée. L’exemplaire de MONNAIES 55, n° 320 s’est vendu 650€.
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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