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ID number: BIRBI-VV0006 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: The Visigothic Kingdom; Libius Severus Denomination: Tremissis Culture: Visigothic Date made: 461-470 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 1.40 Weight (g): 1.37 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1829. A. H. Baldwin, 1957. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Libius Severus, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged, draped, standing l., supporting long jeweled cross.
Inscriptions: Obverse: Ͻ N S…VER VS P Γ AVC (Our lord Severus, pius, fortunate Emperor). Reverse: VICTORI Λ ΛVCCC (Imperial victory). Mint mark: COMOB.
Bibliography: RIC X 3759
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