VICTORIA AVGGG

Bust of Romulus Augustus facing, cuirassed, wearing a 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.

Coin illustrated in the RIC X plate 72, n°3415, sources: British museum and kungelige myntkabinett of Stockholm.

I reclassified the Solidi of Milan, the RIC X proposed a classification with the number of rays of the star. Additionally I noticed that the coin shown as RIC 3416 has no dot in front of AVGGG. Which had not been noted by the RIC. The number of rays of the star is one of the small elements which vary according to the desire of the engraver. I also noted a legend with the first letter A replaced by . So I can no longer clearly classify all these variants by taking into account the specificities of the star even more. Note of the RIC X n°3415 ''small and large busts''.

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.

The two dots noted on the right of the mark below, are positioned after AVGGG.