See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

Tremissis - Libius Severus Cross within a wreath, Mediolanum

Issuer Western Roman Empire
Year 461-465
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Weight Log in to see details
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Log in to see details
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering D N LIBIVS SEVER-VS PE AVG
Reverse description A plain Latin cross occupies the central field, enclosed within a laurel wreath rendered with detailed leaf sprays joined at the base by a pellet-decorated tie. A small pellet or globule appears at the apex of the wreath above the cross. The wreath serves as both a decorative and symbolic frame, evoking imperial triumph and Christian faith in combination. The mint control mark COMOB appears as the sole legend, inscribed below or within the wreath, identifying the gold standard and mint authority of Mediolanum.
Reverse script Log in to see details
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Edge Log in to see details
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage Log in to see details
Additional information

Libius Severus was a puppet emperor in every meaningful sense — installed by the generalissimo Ricimer in 461 after the murder of Majorian, he controlled little beyond the Italian peninsula and was recognized by neither the Eastern court nor the commanders holding Gaul and Dalmatia. His four-year reign produced a thin coinage, and the Mediolanum mint was already in steep decline by this point, its output a fraction of what Ravenna and Rome managed.

RIC X 2726 is among the scarcer tremissis types attributed to his reign.

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE