Watch List notes:

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF COINS OF JULIAN II (THE PHILOSOPHER) AND THE FESTIVAL OF ISIS
Romulus Augustus, 31st October 475 – 4th September 476

Solidus, Mediolanum 475-476, AV 4.42 g. DN ROMVLVS A – GVSTVS P F AVG Helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust three-quarters r. facing, holding spear and shield with horseman and enemy motif. Rev. VICTORI – A AVGGG: Victory standing l., supporting long jeweled cross; in r. field, star. In exergue, COMOB. C 5. Lacam 19. LRC 949 var. (AVG ligate). Depeyrot (Roma), 80/1. RIC 3414.
Extremely rare and an attractive specimen of this difficult issue. Minor
areas of weakness, otherwise about extremely fine


Ex NAC sale 75, 2013, 400.

The last legitimate ruler of the Western Roman Empire was Julius Nepos, who remained the constitutional emperor in absentia from his base in Dalmatia. However, traditionally that honour has been incorrectly given to Romulus Augustus (sometimes surnamed Augustulus, "the little emperor"), who, after Nepos fled Italy, was hailed emperor as a figurehead of his father's army. His reign lasted just ten months before Germans under Odovacar withdrew their support and deposed both the young emperor and his father. The Germans allowed the former boy-emperor to live, and provided him with an ample pension so he could engage in an early retirement to an estate on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, where he is said to have lived for at least thirty more years.