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ID:     severus2auggeniopopantioch6z-2
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Severus II
Date Ruled:     AD 305-307
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     Follis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 307
Diameter:     27 mm
Weight:     9.12 g
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 ●/● / Z in right field
Mint:     Antioch
Primary Reference:     RIC unlisted
Reference2:     VM 008v
Reference3:     Voetter-Gerin 4
Reference4:     King & Spaer, “A Hoard of Folles from Northern Sinai,” in NC XVII (1977), 3987
Photograph Credit:     Jan de Veen
Source:     http://www.chijanofuji.com/severus2auggeniopopantioch6z-2.html
Special Comments:     So far I have been able to confirm the existence of at least 7 specimens of this coin from officina Z., of which 2 are now in my collection.
Grade:     VF, patchy light brown and green patina
Notes:     1) See note atop page 627 RIC Volume VI 2) Not as rare as previously believed. See http://www.chijanofuji.com/NC1957_1084_Antioch.html