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Roman Bronze Coin of Severus II (about 1,720 years ago)

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This is a bronze coin featuring Emperor Severus II, who ruled briefly during the complex period when the Roman Empire was transitioning from the Tetrarchy system of multiple emperors.

Coin Description:

Front side: Portrait of Emperor Severus II
Back side: Likely depicts Roman deities or imperial symbols

Technical Details:

Bronze composition (AE)
Certified by NGC
Minted during 306-307 CE

Historical Significance: Friend of the emperor Galerius, and like him of common birth, Severus II was Western Roman Emperor for a year before fleeing to Ravenna, where he was assassinated. His short reign came during the tumultuous period following Diocletian's retirement, when multiple claimants fought for control of the empire. This coin represents the brief career of one of Rome's forgotten emperors, whose rapid rise and fall exemplifies the political instability of the early fourth century.

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This is a bronze coin featuring Emperor Severus II, who ruled briefly during the complex period when the Roman Empire was transitioning from the Tetrarchy system of multiple emperors.

Coin Description:

Front side: Portrait of Emperor Severus II
Back side: Likely depicts Roman deities or imperial symbols

Technical Details:

Bronze composition (AE)
Certified by NGC
Minted during 306-307 CE

This is a bronze coin featuring Emperor Severus II, who ruled briefly during the complex period when the Roman Empire was transitioning from the Tetrarchy system of multiple emperors.

Coin Description:

Front side: Portrait of Emperor Severus II
Back side: Likely depicts Roman deities or imperial symbols

Technical Details:

Bronze composition (AE)
Certified by NGC
Minted during 306-307 CE

Flavius Valerius Severus (died September 307), also called Severus II,^[1] was a Roman emperor from 306 to 307, and a member of the Tetrarchy. He shared control of the western half of the empire with Constantine I, but spent most of his short reign in a civil war against the usurper Maxentius, who later killed him and took over Italy.

Severus was of humble birth, born in Northern Illyria around the middle of the third century.^[2]^[3] A friend of emperor Galerius, he rose to become a senior officer in the Roman army,^[2] being nominated as caesar of the Western Roman Empire. According to Lactantius, Diocletian objected to Galerius's suggestion, saying in response, "What! That dancer, that habitual drunkard who turns night into day and day into night?" Galerius persisted, saying that Severus had served faithfully as paymaster and purveyor of the army.^[4] Diocletian acquiesced and Severus succeeded to the post of caesar on 1 May 305, thus becoming the junior colleague of Constantius I, augustus of the western half of empire.^[2]