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                                56, Lot: 180. LIBIUS SEVERUS. 461-465 AD. Æ 10mm 
                                (0.76 gm). Rome mint. Issued under Ricimer. 
                                Estimate $500. Sold For $584 

                                LIBIUS SEVERUS. 461-465 AD. Æ 10mm (0.76 gm). 
                                Rome mint. Issued under Ricimer. Diademed, 
                                draped and cuirassed bust right / Monogram of 
                                Ricimer. RIC X 2716. Near VF. ($500)
                                In November of 461, Ricimer proclaimed Libius 
                                Severus emperor at Ravenna, and other than the 
                                fact that he was a native of Lucania, nothing 
                                else is known. He was little more than a puppet, 
                                as evidenced by some of his nummi such as this 
                                one with Ricimer’s monogram as the reverse type. 
                                Severus died in 465, presumably of natural 
                                causes, which was quite a remarkable achievement 
                                during the final thirty years of the Western 
                                Roman empire.






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From CNG Online Auction 56, closed January 8, 2003.


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