RIC VI, ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Γ

OBVERSE	IMPCFLVALSEVERVSPFAVG [IMP C FL VAL SEVERVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-LIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder (the chlamys falls low), r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Γ in right field. ANT: in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists issue ANTIOCHIA 74a-75b with the same pattern for Constantius, Galerius Maximian, Maximinus and Severus as Caesar, but not for Severus as Augustus (see p. 624-625, 627). General note from p. 605: "It is to be strongly presumed (though explicit proof is lacking) that the final issue of Group II aes continued into Group III with mark, weight and types unchanged. Those of Galerius and Maximinus would show no differentiation at all: Severus would appear as Augustus, but coins in his name seem to be lacking, so that the issue may not date until c. spring 307". Also on page 624 in footnote 5 Sutherland writes: "This issue, save for Constantius, continued withoud change at the beginning of Group III, except that no coins of Severus as Augustus (though included by Kent, N.C. 1957, p. 69, no. 1084) are known to me". However, the detailed and exhaustive study by Jan de Veen shows that currently ten officinae (A-I) are recorded and that they were already attested long before RIC vol. VI was written. For example, Voetter seems to be aware of all officinae and lists in Gerin's collection officinae Δ, Є and ς (cf. Voetter, p. 41, no. 4). Specimens from all officinae were also noted in hoards from the Middle East [see: Bastien, P., "Trouvaille de folles au Liban (294-307)", Revue Numismatique 1967, p. 171]. Other important studies: King, C. E. and Spaer, A., "A hoard of folles from Northern Sinai", Numismatic Chronicle 1977; Salzmann, D., "Folles of Severus II as Augustus and of Constantine I as Caesar from Antioch", Numismatic Chronicle 1983. Coin should be listed in Group III before ANTIOCHIA 81. See also: ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA A ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA B ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Δ ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Є ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ς ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA Z ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA H ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA ΔЄ ANTIOCHIA [before 81], SEVERVS, UNLISTED FOR RULER, OFFICINA I

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Weight 10.25 g; diameter 26 mm. Sold on CNG eAuction 172 (lot 297) for USD 346; sold by CNG Coin Shop (no. 866181) in February 2010 for USD 345. Now in the Robert Bernobich Collection. Other specimens: - from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.647); weight 9.51 g; diameter 26.5 mm [click for picture]; - from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1970,0416.1); weight 10.25 g [click for picture]; - sold on Vico Subasta On-Line 4 (lot 362) in September 2018 for EUR 80; ex Dattari [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in June 2008 for AU USD 245; now in Jan de Veen's collection; weight 10.37 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Roma Numismatics eSale 98 (lot 1553) in June 2022 for GBP 30; weight 9.26 g; diameter 30 mm [click for picture]; - sold on eBay in April 2013 for USD 51.12; now in Jan de Veen's collection; weight 9.23 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - from Salzmann's paper (footnote 9 on p. 215 and plate 42, no. 2); weight 10.25 g; diameter 28 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Demos auction 36 (lot 2702) in August 2024 for EUR 10; weight 7.45 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture].