RIC VI, CYZICUS [before 30a], SEVERUS, UNLISTED FOR RULER

OBVERSE	FLVALSEVERVSNOBCAES [FL VAL SEVERVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOAVGGET-CAESARVMNN [GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. Crescent in right field. KA in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED FOR RULER. RIC lists this issue only for Maximinus and Constantine. The presence of Severus as Caesar suggests that this issue, probably very small, was started shortly before the death of Constantius, i.e. belongs also to the Group II. Coin should be listed before CYZICUS 30a.

NOTES

Weight 8.30 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction 117 (lot 678) in October 2002 for EUR 160 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]. Other specimens: - sold on Grün auction 73 (lot 641) in November 2017 for EUR 110; weight 6.51 g [click for picture].