RIC VI, SERDICA [after 8a], SEVERUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

OBVERSE	SEVERVS-NOBCAES [SEVERVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIIVV-ENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; Prince stg. l. in military dress, r. raised, l. leaning on sceptre; to r., two ensigns. Reversed sigma in left field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to SERDICA 8a (Trau Collection, no. 3690, 5.34 g; cited in RIC) except for rev. legend break: PRINCIPIIVV-ENTVTIS instead of PRINCIPIIVVE-NTVTIS. For gold issues different rev. legend break makes sometimes a separate entry in RIC (cf. RIC VI TREVERI 802 and 807, SISCIA 43a-44b and SISCIA 46a-47b or SISCIA 61 and SISCIA 62). Variety not listed in Depeyrot. Could be listed in RIC after SERDICA 8a.

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Aureus. Weight 5.29 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 165 (lot 611) in May 2026 for CHF 46,000.