RIC VI, SISCIA [after 188], SEVERUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [PERPETVITAS AVGG]

OBVERSE	FLAVALSEVERVSNOBC [FLA VAL SEVERVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	PERPETV-ITASAVGG [PERPETVITAS AVGG]; Roma, helmeted, seated l. on shield, r. holding Victory on globe, l. leaning on spear or sceptre. VI in left field, A in right field. SIS in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED ISSUE. Coin similar to SISCIA 182a except for the different mintmark: VI in left field instead of right field and officina letter in right field instead of exergue. Note that it is not an error in RIC and SISCIA 182a also exists [see example of SISCIA 182a from the Robert Bernobich Collection; weight 9.3 g; diameter 27 mm]. General note about this issue from p. 450: "Perpetuitas Augg was a rare or very rare type struck for Severus, Maximinus and Constantine as Caesars: plainly it had emphatic dynastic significance. Date c. 305-307". Note also that the mintmark is similar to the second issue of Concord Imperii [SISCIA 187-188] and apparently this issue of Perpetuitas Augg belongs to the same group. Coin should be listed after SISCIA 188.

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From the Ognjen Arandjelović Collection. Other specimens: - specimen sold on eBay in December 2006 for $174.68 [click for picture].