RIC VI, HERACLEA 30, SEVERUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA ς

OBVERSE	IMPCFLAVALSEVERVSPFAVG [IMP C FLA VAL SEVERVS P F AVG]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	GENIOPOPV-L-IROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera (from which liquor flows), l. cornucopiae. HTς in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - ς. RIC lists officinae B, Γ and Δ (p. 534). General note from p. 524: "The Genio Populi Romani type was continued, from four officinae only". The last statement is not true. See also: HERACLEA 30, SEVERUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA A HERACLEA 30, SEVERUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA Є

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Weight 10.28 g; diameter 27-28 mm. Coin sold on eBay in May 2012 for EUR 191 [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier]. Other specimens: - sold on CGB Monnaies 13 (lot 1084) in July 2001 for EUR 200; weight 9.90 g; diameter 30.5 mm [click for picture].