VICTORIA AVGGG (2nd reign, 476 / 491, 1rst issue)

Bust of Zeno facing, cuirassed, wearing helmet with crest and a pearl diadem. Holding a spear passing behind his head with the right hand and a decorated shield with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the left hand.

An angel standing left, holding a long latin cross decorated with jewels. Behind her on the right, a star.

One coin sold the 25/03/2017 by Paoletti ( Paoletti & Bernardi), e-Live Auction 1, lot 9, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3789287.

I do not know what prompted the authors of the RIC X to classify the coin n° 901 (without official mark), (AYC #2),  in the 1st reign. No note explains this choice. The style is similar to n° 905 ... Perhaps there had been a find of this coin with other well dated coins. I classify this coin for the second reign given that it very probably shares the same obverse die (impossible to be 100% sure given the quality of the photo) as the coin illustrated plate 30, n° 905 in the RIC X. See comments of AYC #3 a, RIC 905 about the S officina in the form Z.

On the reverse I noted ''Angel'' in the description. We can also say that this is Victoria but the image of the victory at that time had indeed become that of an angel symbolizing the Christian victory.