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ID:
80000795
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Petronius Maximus
Date Ruled:
Usurper, AD 455
Metal:
Gold
Denomination:
Solidus
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 455
Weight:
4.50 g
Die Axis:
6 h
Obverse Legend:
D N PETRONIVS MA-XIMVS P F AVC
Obverse Description:
pearl-diademed, draped, and Puirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:
VICTORI-A AVCC / R - M
Reverse Description:
Petronius standing facing, holding long cross in right hand and Victory set on globe in left, right foot on human-headed serpent; R-M
Exergue:
CONOB
Mint Mark:
CONOB
Mint:
Rome
Primary Reference:
RIC X 2201
Reference2:
Depeyrot 48/1
Reference3:
Lacam pl. 18, 2 (same dies)
Reference4:
DOCLR -
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=133018
Grade:
EF, attractively toned, area of flat strike on head on reverse, trace of die rust in obverse legend.
Notes:
Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 795 Ex Sternberg XXXV (28 October 2000), lot 935; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 909.Following the assassination of Valentinian III in AD 455, Petronius Maximus seized the throne and immediately married Valentinian’s wife, Licinia Eudoxia. Licinia, believing that Petronius was responsible for her late husband’s death, was not happy with the new arrangement, and she appealed to the Vandal king of Carthage, Gaiseric, for help. Gaiseric responded to Licinia’s plea and quickly sailed for Italy. Fearing for his life, Petronius decided to flee, but was abandoned by his bodyguard. While riding out of Rome on 31 May, he was stoned and killed. His reign lasted for only seventy days.
Created and Managed by Alfredo De La Fe
