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Visigoths, Alaric II(?) AV Solidus. In the name of Libius Severus. Uncertain mint, circa AD 461-470. D N IIBIVS SEVRVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVCCC, Emperor standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe, and placing foot on human-headed serpent; R-A across fields, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3754; MEC 1 174-176; cf. Lacam pl. 18, 53 (A-R, Arles); cf. DOC text to pl. 35 which refers to a 'Gaulish derivative' with this mint mark. 4.23g, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine; flan-crack at 10h/7h. Rare.
From the David Miller Collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Hansons, August 2019 Historica & Metal Detecting Auction, 27 August 2019, lot 40;
Found by metal detector at Rettendon, Essex, prior to 1996, and recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme circa 2019. PAS ID: OXON-5E3E68.
It has been suggested that R-A across the reverse field of this solidus gallicus may refer to the Visigothic king Alaric II (Rex Alericus), who succeeded his father Euric as king of Toulouse from AD 485. For commentary see MEC p. 46.
Extremely Fine; flan-crack at 10h/7h. Rare.
From the David Miller Collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Hansons, August 2019 Historica & Metal Detecting Auction, 27 August 2019, lot 40;
Found by metal detector at Rettendon, Essex, prior to 1996, and recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme circa 2019. PAS ID: OXON-5E3E68.
It has been suggested that R-A across the reverse field of this solidus gallicus may refer to the Visigothic king Alaric II (Rex Alericus), who succeeded his father Euric as king of Toulouse from AD 485. For commentary see MEC p. 46.