Lot 396

Gaul - AV Solidus (ca. 465, 4.25 g, Au 89,6%) in the name of Libius Severus (Severus III) struck by the Visigoths in Gaul - DNIIBIVSSEVE RUSPFAVIC Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI AAVGCC Emperor facing, right foot on human-headed serpent, R-A in field (the prototype is a solidus of Ravenna with RV in field) (MEC 174-76 (var), unrecorded specimen with AVIC on obv.) - unusually nice XF / July 2015 found by a metal detectorist near the town of Drachten in Friesland, The Netherlands