Ricimer
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Ricimer was a Romanized Germanic general, who ruled the remaining territory of the Western Roman Empire from 456 after defeating Avitus, until his death in 472, with a brief interlude in which he cont
Ricimer's seal with the inscription RICIMER VINCAS ("Ricimer, may you conquer") around it
Libius Severus
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Libius Severus, sometimes enumerated as Severus III, was Western Roman emperor from November 19, 461 until his death. A native of Lucania, Severus was the fourth of the so-called "Shadow Emperors" who
Ricimer
…ruled the West without an emperor for three months. Facing pressure from the Senate and Italian aristocracy, Ricimer named the undistinguished Senator Libius Severus as Emperor on 19 November 461; Severus was recognized by the Senate in Rome, but the Eastern Emperor Leo I refused to acknowledge him as his Western…
Solidus of Libius Severus marked: d·n· libius severus p·f· aug·
Siliqua of Gaiseric from ca. 455–476; marked: dn honorius p f avg / vrbs roma rvps
An example of a coin from either during or just after Severus's reign bearing the monogram RCME, sometimes identified with Ricimer