VICTORIA AVGG

Laureate with Rosette-diadem, draped and cuirassed bust of Glycerius to the right.

The emperor stading and facing, holding a long flowery cross with the right hand and a victory over a globe with the left hand. His left foot resting on a step.

Coin illustrated in the RIC X plate 67. Poor quality photo. GLY or GLV? Uncertainty about the obverse legend. On the reverse, it is impossible to see whether the cross is flowery or Byzantine. I noticed a flowery cross in the description because there seems to be a small spike visible. Also uncertain about the crown, rosette or pearls? It appears that the crown contains rosettes. For the rest, i followed the description of the RIC X. Source: British Museum.

Variant with left foot resting on a step.

I excluded from the analysis the coins presenting a style too '' barbaric '' which seems to me more to be Visigothic strikes. I note that all the Solidi that I have seen (non-barbarian strikes) have the same obverse engraver. The style, the face, everything is similar on each obverse die.

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 crosses, I tried to describe them according to the photos of the RIC which are old and therefore of lower quality. I was only able to see two Solidii, all the other specimens analyzed are those shown by the RIC X. I nevertheless noted that the RIC 3101 has a flowery cross (small dots) and that all the other coins seem to have a Byzantine cross (state of the photos not allowing to be perfectly sure). See comments on Emperor Petronius Maximus (here on the website) on the various crosses. I also note that all the coins that I have seen with the VICTORIA AVGG type have ribbons emerging from the letter G on the reverse, unlike the AVGGG type of which I have not seen a copy with these ribbons. This applies to the Ravenna mint, the copies that I was able to analyze for the Milan mint did not allow us to see if ribbons were present.

Concerning the RIC X I see that the RIC 3101 and 3102 are described with the head of the emperor turned to the left. Plate 67 photos show a RIC 3101 with (possibly) the emperor with his head turned to the left, but I think this is an awkward engraving of the hair on the left side. Giving the impression that the head is turned. On the other hand, the RIC 3102 shows a coin with the head face up. So I removed this variant which does not seem to exist. For the wreaths, the photos do not permit to confirm the presence of the laurels with the diadem. I noted the same descriptions as the RIC whose photos seem, despite the poor quality, to match the descriptions.