★ A very rare aureus of Severus II ★

Severus II, 306-307. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 5.24 g, 12 h), Nicomedia, 306-307. SEVERVS AVGVSTVS Laureate head of Severus II to right. Rev. HERCVLI VICTORI NIK / SMN Hercules standing front, head to right, leaning right on club set on ground and holding Apples of the Hesperides in his left hand; lion skin draped over his left arm. Calicó 4991. Cohen 50. Depeyrot 10/1. RIC 41. Very rare. Clipped and with traces of mounting, otherwise, about very fine.

From an old Swiss collection, ex Titano 5, 4-5 July 1980, 266.