Severus II coins Roman Imperial catalog
Flavius Valerius Severus as Caesar 305-306
Severus was of unknown origin, apparently of
unknown lineage, from Northern Illyria. Under Galerius he was a
senior officer and friend of the emperor. When Diocletian
abdicated and forced Maximian to do so, the former Caesars
Galerius and Constantius Chlorus became emperors. Accordingly,
new Caesars were needed and Galerius offered his nephew Maximian
Daza and Severus, who were entirely under his influence.
Diocletian did not like it, he considered Severus a drunkard and
a moth, and Daza an unfit ruler. However, he then agreed and
Severus became Caesar of the western part of the empire on May
1, 305. This greatly surprised the soldiers, as they had
expected Constantius' son Constantine to be appointed.
After the death of Constantius Chlorus in 306, the army
proclaimed Constantine as Augustus, but Galerius appointed him
Caesar and promoted Severus to the rank of Augustus.
Maxentius, son of Emperor Maximian, the emperor of the Emperor
Maximian, found himself dispossessed and revolted. Severus,
under orders from Galerius advanced toward Rome from his capital
Mediolanum (Milan). Maxentius, trying to strengthen his
position, offered his father to return to the throne and become
his co-emperor. The latter agreed and when Severus arrived, part
of his army, remembering Maximian, defected to the enemy.
Severus retreated to impregnable Ravenna. Maximian offered him
surrender in exchange for assurances of safety, which Severus
did in the spring of 307. However, he was held in triumph as a
prisoner and then held as a hostage. When Galerius himself
turned against Maxentius and Maximian in September 307, Severus
was executed (or told to commit suicide).
FL VAL SEVERVS NOB C
GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
306-307
copper
Siscia
20 mm.
Laureate head right / Flavius Valerius Severus Noble Caesar
Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia / Genius of the people of Rome
Value - $80-100
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