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ID:     866181
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Severus II
Date Ruled:     AD 305-307
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Follis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 307
Diameter:     26 mm
Weight:     10.25 g
Die Axis:     5 h
Obverse Legend:     IMP C FL VAL SEVERVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Laureate head right
Reverse Legend:     GENIO POPV_LI ROMANI
Reverse Description:     Genius standing left, modius on head,naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, right hand holding patera from which liquor flows, left a cornucopiae
Exergue:     ANT ●/●
Mint Mark:     ANT ●/● / Γ in right field
Mint:     Antioch
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Reference2:     VM 008v
Reference4:     King & Spaer, “A Hoard of Folles from Northern Sinai,” in NC XVII (1977), 3982-3
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=160437
Grade:     Good VF, dark brown surfaces
Notes:     1) See note atop page 627 RIC Volume VI 2) Very rare issue as Augustus. Ex John A. Seeger Collection.