1/2 Siliqua - Libius Severus Chi-rho within wreath, Rome

Libius Severus was a puppet emperor in every meaningful sense — elevated by the magister militum Ricimer in 461 and never recognized by the Eastern court in Constantinople. His coinage was minted in limited quantities from Rome, and the historical record barely acknowledges him as a functioning ruler. Surviving half siliquae of his reign are genuinely rare, a direct reflection of how little monetary authority his government actually exercised.

RIC X 2713 is among the scarcest entries in the late Western Roman silver sequence.