Severus II. As Caesar, AD 305-306. Æ Follis (27mm, 8.81 g, 6h). Aquileia mint, 3rd officina. EF.

Triton XXIX – Session 6
Lot: 6197. Estimated: $ 300

Selections from the Barry N. Rightman Collection, Bronze

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Severus II. As Caesar, AD 305-306. Æ Follis (27mm, 8.81 g, 6h). Aquileia mint, 3rd officina. Laureate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding ‘scepter’ over shoulder and shield / Severus, laureate and wearing military attire, on horseback galloping right, holding shield and thrusting transverse spear at an enemy kneeling left who holds both hands outwards; horse trampling another speared fallen enemy below; discarded shield below horse; AQΓ. RIC VI 68a; P&Z 120; S 14643 (this coin illustrated on p. 307). Green-brown patina with some toned trace silvering, slight weakness. EF. Rare.

From the Barry N. Rightman Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 485.

While likely intended as a spear (as at other mints) sometimes the spear over the shoulder on these busts are cut as a scepter. Such is the case on this example.

Closing Date and Time: 22 January 2026 at 11:05:20 ET.



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