E-auction 623-612675 - SEVERUS II Follis ou nummus
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Type : Follis ou nummus
Date: 305-306
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 8,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Des faiblesses, usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SEVERVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Sévère II César à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Severus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Sévère très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SACRA MON VRB AVGG ET CAES NN/ -|*//RT.
Reverse description : Moneta (La Monnaie) debout à gauche, tenant une balance de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Sacra Moneta Urbis Augustorum et Cæsarum Nostrorum”, (Monnaie sacrée de la ville de nos augustes et de nos césars).
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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