Record ID: OXON-5E3E68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Pseudo-Imperial solidus attributed to the Visigoths in Gaul, imitating a Roman Imperial coin of the emperor Libius Severus (Severus III) (AD 461-465), dating to the period c. AD 461-470 (Reece period 23). VICTORIA AVGGG reverse type depicting the Emperor standing facing holding long cross and Victory on a globe, right foot on head of a human headed serpent. Prototype of the mint of Ravenna. Cf. RIC X, p. 459, no. 3754; MEC, p.436, nos.174-176.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
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Record ID: SUR-5B13A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Two joining fragments of a French or English (late 6th / early 7th c.) gold-plated contemporary forgery of a Visigothic 'Kingdom of Toulouse' pseudo-imperial solidus of the late 5th century AD copying a solidus of Severus III (461-5) from Ravenna. Probably minted in Toulouse or Narbonne. RIC X 3753; MEC I, 174-6 (esp. 176) The coin is pierced for suspension. Obv. Emperor right, Rev. Standing Emperor, foot on human-headed serpent
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
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