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Roman Emp., Romulus Augustus, Solidus 475-476

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:16,000.00 CHF Estimated At:20,000.00 - 25,000.00 CHF
Roman Emp., Romulus Augustus, Solidus 475-476
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The Roman Empire, Romulus Augustus, 31st October 475 – 4th September 476, Solidus, Mediolanum 475-476, AV 4.34 g. DN ROMVLVS – A – GVSTVS P F AVG Helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust three-quarters r. facing, holding spear and shield with horseman and enemy motif. Rev. VICTORI – A AVGGG: Victory standing l., supporting long jewelled cross; in r. field, star. In exergue, •COMOB•. C 6. RIC 3418. Depeyrot (Roma) 81/1. Lacam –. LRC –. Extremely rare. A few scratches on obverse and light edge marks, otherwise about very fine Ex NAC sale 38, 2007, 304. 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 honour 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 father’s 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 to 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.