RIC VI, SERDICA 24, SEVERUS, UNLISTED OFFICINA B

OBVERSE	IMPCFLVALSEVERVSPFAVG [IMP C FL 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. B in right field. •SM•SD• in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OFFICINA - B. RIC lists officinae Δ and Є (p. 497). General note from p. 489: "Rare for the Augusti, and very rare for the Caesars, this was evidently a small issue. The Genius type continues unchanged from Group II. Ali five officinae are evidenced, though no more than two for any one variety. Galerius and Maximinus, with continuation of former status, have legends of medium length: for Severus and Constantine, the new Augustus and Caesar, the forms arr long".

NOTES

Weight 8.93 g; diameter 26.5 mm. Coin sold on Berk Buy or Bid Sale 197 (lot 414) in April 2016 for USD 550; sold on CNG eAuction 540 (lot 453) in June 2023 USD 140. Other specimens: - sold on CNG eAuction 546 (lot 489) in September 2023 for USD 70; weight 9.52 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Numismatik Lanz auction 106 (no. 742) in November 2001 for DEM 300; weight 10.63 g [click for picture]; - sold on CNG eAuction 561 (lot 769) in May 2024 for USD 100; weight 8.99 g; diameter 27 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Savoca Numismatik 146th Blue Auction (lot 1091) in October 2022 for EUR 34; weight 10.70 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture]; - sold on Agora Auctions Sale 69 (lot 280) in September 2017 for USD 234; weight 8.54 g [click for picture]; - from VCoins (Incitatus Coins); weight 8.50 g; diameter 26 mm [click for picture].