Caesar, A.D. 305-306
Augustus, A.D. 306-307
Bronze 1/4 Nummus
Siscia mint, A.D. 305-306
Obv: FL VAL SEVERVS NOB C
Rev: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae
SIS in exergue
RIC 170a
19mm, 2.3g.
An officer in the Roman army, Flavius Valerius Severus, a.k.a. Severus II, was appointed Caesar by Galerius after the retirement of Diocletian and Maximian. He was quickly caught up in the power struggles between Galerius, Constantine I, Maxentius and Maximian and, after a failed attempt to capture Rome, imprisoned and executed by Maxentius.
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