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- Co 2043 (Late Roman bronze coin of Libius Severus from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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465
- Not before (date)
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461
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC X Libius Severus 2715, p. 408
- Comparanda
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LRBC II.871, p. 63
- Preservation comment
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Wear: P. Segments of edge snapped off, with adjacent deep cracks, Extensive, slight pitting and cracking.
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Libius Severus (western emperor, 461-465)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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9.0
- Numismatic Issuer
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Ricimer (western general, 461-472)
- Numismatic Mint
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Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.37
- Obverse Description
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Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; behind head, ✶
- Obverse Inscription
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D N LI[BIVS SEVER]VS [P] F A[VG
- Reverse Description
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Monogram within wreath adorned with jewel above (traces) and tied flat below
- Reverse Inscription
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Monogram 1 (C above) of Ricimer
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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