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ID: |
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731396 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Imperial |
| Issuer: |
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Julius Nepos |
| Date Ruled: |
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First Reign, 474-475 AD
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| Metal: |
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Gold |
| Denomination: |
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Tremissis |
| Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 474-475 |
| Weight: |
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1.43 g |
| Obverse Legend: |
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D N IVL NE-POS P F AVG |
| Obverse Description: |
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Pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right |
| Reverse Legend: |
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COMOB |
| Reverse Description: |
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Cross within wreath; COMOB |
| Exergue: |
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COMOB |
| Mint Mark: |
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COMOB |
| Mint: |
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Ravenna |
| Primary Reference: |
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RIC 3214 |
| Reference2: |
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Lacam 69 |
| Reference3: |
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Depeyrot 40/1 |
| Reference4: |
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DOCLR 940 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=22563 |
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Grade:
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Good VF, light obverse die rust |
| Notes: |
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Very Rare Julius Nepos was the last claimant to the western throne. After 475, coins in the name of Nepos were issued by the Goth Odovacar. Julius Nepos was the last man officially recognized as Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. A military warlord in Dalmatia with marriage ties to the Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I, Nepos seized the West Roman throne in June, 474 AD. Unlike his predecessor Glycerius, he received the diplomatic blessings of the East ernRoman Empire. Despite his military background, Nepos was unable to stop the Visigoths from conquering a large chunk of Gaul and Spain, and a treaty of 475 officially recognized an independent Visigothic state on formerly Roman territory. Later that year the Master of Soldiers, Orestes, rebelled with the intention of putting his young son, Romulus Augustus, on the throne in Nepos' place. Nepos managed to escape from Ravenna by sea and return to his princedom in Dalmatia. Romulus Augustus was never recognized as Emperor by Constantinople, and was unseated less than a year later by the Germanic warlord Odovacer. |
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