Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 127 17 Nov 2021
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Libius Severus, 461-465
Tremissis, Mediolanum 461-465, AV 1.45 g. D N LIBIVS SEVERVS PERPE AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Cross within wreath; below, COMOB. C 21. LRC –. RIC 2728. Depeyrot 28/1.
Very rare. Good very fine
Ex NAC 92, 2016, 881.
For having reigned a substantial four years, surprisingly little is known of Libius Severus, an emperor often called Severus III to distinguish from predecessors who also bore the name. Apparently, he was a native of Lucania in south-western Italy, he was proclaimed emperor by the generalissimo Ricimer at Ravenna on November 19, 461. Though we hear nothing of Severus' activities during his tenure, his master Ricimer was kept fully occupied campaigning against the Alans and the Vandal king Gaiseric. It would appear that Severus was nothing more than a puppet emperor who died on November 14, 465, presumably of natural causes, but the suspicion naturally exists that he may have been murdered.
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Tremissis, Mediolanum 461-465, AV 1.45 g. D N LIBIVS SEVERVS PERPE AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Cross within wreath; below, COMOB. C 21. LRC –. RIC 2728. Depeyrot 28/1.
Very rare. Good very fine
Ex NAC 92, 2016, 881.
For having reigned a substantial four years, surprisingly little is known of Libius Severus, an emperor often called Severus III to distinguish from predecessors who also bore the name. Apparently, he was a native of Lucania in south-western Italy, he was proclaimed emperor by the generalissimo Ricimer at Ravenna on November 19, 461. Though we hear nothing of Severus' activities during his tenure, his master Ricimer was kept fully occupied campaigning against the Alans and the Vandal king Gaiseric. It would appear that Severus was nothing more than a puppet emperor who died on November 14, 465, presumably of natural causes, but the suspicion naturally exists that he may have been murdered.
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