Anepigraph


Reference : AYC #10, RIC 3109
Weight: 1.44 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: 13.00 mm
Scarcity: Extremely rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N GLYCERI - VS F P AVG

Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Glycerius to the right.

anepigraph

Cross in wreath.

Marks

COMOB
Numéro : 1

Photo of a coin sold the 05/01/2016 by Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIX, lot 686, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2836219, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. The coin shown in the RIC X, flat 67, seems to share the same obverse die as the coin sold byClassical Numismatic Group (the quality of the photo do not permit to be 100% sure). This coin has a barbaric style, very different from the other coin with the legend D N GLVCER - IVS P F AVG (AYC #9, RIC 3110). I do not rule out the possibility that it is a Visigothic imitation.

Like the RIC X, I chose to take the legend D N GLVCER - IVS F P AVG as legend number 1 because it is the one we meet most often.

For the mint attribution, I follow the work of the RIC X which probably had to be based on metrological studies, style, place of finds ...

I notice that unlike the Solidi, there is a ribbon coming out of the letters for all mints. Some copies do not have any, others only have a ribbon on one of the two letters G. For each coin, I specify the presence or absence of these ribbons. The coin shown here has a single ribbon on the letter G of AVG.