COINS OF THE ROMAN CAISER TIME. Anthemius, 467-472. AV-Solidus, Rome; 4,41 g. Draped bust v. v. with helmet, spear and shield//Two emperors stand v.v. with spears and hold cross globe. Burgess Series 5; RIC 2831. RR Attractive specimen, excellent Acquired in October 1989 from the company Aufhäuser, Munich. Flavius Procopius Anthemius came from Constantinople. In the Carmen II of Sidonius Apollinaris, imperial ancestors are mentioned (without attribution); if not only a topos is used here, it could actually be Procopius. Marcianus had given Anthemius his daughter Marcia Euphemia as wife, so he may have been appointed to succeed him. But Kaisermacher was ultimately the army master Aspar, whose candidate Leo became emperor after the death of Marcianus. The somewhat confused description of John Malalas, Marcian having appointed Anthemius Augustus of the West, is in fact false; one can only speculate about the reasons for the error. In 467 Leo appointed Anthemius Augustus of the West and sent him with an army to Rome. There, Anthemius had to deal with the mighty master of the army, Ricimer. However, the relationship between Anthemius and the militarily powerful Ricimer was problematic from the very beginning.Anthemius' attempt to establish a bond with the master of the army by marrying his daughter Alypia was of moderate success. Anthemius had taken a large number of loyal troops with him to Italy to push back the Vandals in North Africa. Ricimer felt threatened by this new military presence. The situation eventually escalated into civil war. Ricimer besieged Rome and elevated Olybrius to emperorship. Anthemius was able to hold the city for a few months before it was taken and Anthemius was killed. See among others Henning, D., The first 'Greek Emperor'. Reflections on the failure of Procopius Anthemius in the Western Roman Empire, in: Wiemer, H.-U. (eds.), Statehood and Political Action in the Roman Imperial Period, pp. 175-186.