Lot 2397

Sale 50 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Severus II as Caesar, (A.D. 306-307), AE quarter folles (denarius Sear), Siscia mint, issued A.D. 305-6 (1.81 grams), obv. laureate head of Severus II to right, around SEVERVS NOB C, rev. around GENIO POP ULI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, SIS in exergue, (S.3740, RIC 171a). Very fine and very rare.

A rare denomination from a scarce ruler.