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Severus II Æ Nummus. Ticinum, AD 306-307. IMP C SEVERVS P F AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS N N, Severus on horseback to right, preparing to hurl spear at two foemen below, one in posture of supplication. RIC 81. 9.54g, 28mm, 12h.
Near Mint State. Very Rare.
Ex Old Sable Collection, Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 215, 13 October 2013, lot 496;
Privately purchased from John Scheiner (Germany).
Severus was elevated from the senior ranks of the army to the position of Caesar by Galerius, whom he fought alongside, in 305. However, in only a matter of months he had been made Augustus by Galerius after the death of Constantius I. As Augustus in the West, Severus was tasked with marching on Maxentius in Rome after his revolt in 306, though he was routed and fled to Ravenna. The circumstances had been decidedly unfavourable for Severus, since the army he commanded had previously served under the now retired emperor Maximian, father of Maxentius. Therefore, when Severus approached the city his army deserted to Maxentius' camp.
Near Mint State. Very Rare.
Ex Old Sable Collection, Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 215, 13 October 2013, lot 496;
Privately purchased from John Scheiner (Germany).
Severus was elevated from the senior ranks of the army to the position of Caesar by Galerius, whom he fought alongside, in 305. However, in only a matter of months he had been made Augustus by Galerius after the death of Constantius I. As Augustus in the West, Severus was tasked with marching on Maxentius in Rome after his revolt in 306, though he was routed and fled to Ravenna. The circumstances had been decidedly unfavourable for Severus, since the army he commanded had previously served under the now retired emperor Maximian, father of Maxentius. Therefore, when Severus approached the city his army deserted to Maxentius' camp.