Anepigraph


Reference : AYC #9, RIC 3110
Weight: 1.43 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: 15.00 mm
Scarcity: Extremely rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N GLVCER - IVS P F 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 06/04/2006 by Numismatica Ars Classica, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=287866, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/. It is the only coin that I could see whose legend is P F AVG instead of F P AVG. Even if a doubt remains on the description of the half-siliquae (RIC X 3111) where the noted legend is F P whereas one seems to read P F (uncertainty because of the quality of the photo). See AYC #11, RIC 3111. It is also the only one referenced in the RIC X. The coin illustrated here is the same example illustrated in the RIC X plate 67 (RIC 1310)

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 rely 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 GLYCERIVS.