LIBIUS SEVERUS. 461-465 AD. AR Half Siliqua (0.88 gm). Rome mint. D N 
      LIBIVS SEVERVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / 
      Chi-rho within wreath; RM. RIC X 2713; RSC 16.a. Toned, nice VF, porous, 
      flan crack. Extremely rare. ($2000) In November of 461, Libius Severus was 
      proclaimed emperor by Ricimer at Ravenna, and other than the fact that he 
      was a native of Lucania, nothing else of this emperor is known. He ruled 
      for four years and was little more than a puppet of Ricimer; in fact, some 
      of his small aes coins even have Ricimer.s monogram as the reverse type. 
      Severus died in 465, presumably of natural causes, quite a remarkable 
      achievement during the final 30 years of the Western Roman Empire.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 2237.

 Lot was unsold.

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