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ID:
62-2132
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Romulus Augustus
Date Ruled:
AD 475-476
Metal:
Gold
Denomination:
Tremissis
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 475-476
Weight:
1.43 g
Obverse Legend:
[D N] ROMVLVS AVGVSTVS P F A
Obverse Description:
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Description:
Cross within wreath
Exergue:
COMOB
Mint Mark:
COMOB
Primary Reference:
RIC 3409
Reference2:
Depeyrot 87/1 (these dies)
Reference3:
LRC 950
Reference4:
C 10; Lacam 24
Photograph Credit:
Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
Source:
http://www.arsclassicacoins.com/
Price Sold For:
45000 Swiss Franc
Date Sold:
10/06/2011
Notes:
NAC Auction 62, Lot 2132 Extremely rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. An unusually attractive portrait, minor areas of weakness, otherwise extremely fine Ex NFA XXVI, 1991, 385 and New York sale XIV, 2007, 481 sales The last legitimate ruler of the Western Roman Empire was Julius Nepos, who remained the constitutional emperor in absentia from his base in Dalmatia. However, traditionally that honor has been incorrectly given to Romulus Augustus (sometimes surnamed Augustulus, "the little emperor"), who, after Nepos fled Italy, was hailed emperor as a figurehead of his fathers army. His reign lasted just ten months before Germans under Odovacar withdrew their support and deposed both the young emperor and his father. The Germans allowed the former boy-emperor live, and provided him with an ample pension so he could engage in an early retirement to an estate on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, where he is said to have lived for at least thirty more years
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