Glycerius, Usurper
Ex Mazzini Collection

Triton XIX, Lot: 686. Estimate $40000. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Glycerius. Usurper, AD 473-474. AV Tremissis (13mm, 1.44 g, 6h). Rome or Ravenna mint. D N CLYCERI VS F P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Latin cross pattée within wreath; large central jewel above; COMOB. RIC X 3109 (Rome [?]; this coin illustrated); Depeyrot 38/2 (Ravenna; this coin referenced); Lacam, Pl. CXL, 1 = Mazzini 7 (this coin); cf. DOCLR 937 (for type); Biaggi 2387 var. (obv. legend). VF, toned, traces of deposits in devices, minor flan split, a few marks.

Ex Sternberg I (30 November 1973), lot 498; Münzen und Medaillen AG 44 (15 June 1971), lot 205; Giuseppe Mazzini Collection, 7.