VICTORIA AVGGG (2nd reign, 476 / 491, 3rd 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.

Photo of a coin sold the 08/08/2012 by Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2012 ANA Auction, lot 50009, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1330309, link to their website: http://www.stacksbowers.com/.

Variant with jewels on the diadem. Coin complex to approach. The style is questionable, however I attribute this coin to the third issue because the hair is longer at the nape of the neck and the face less wide compared to what we see on the coins of the fifth issue. The letter B of CONOB seems corrected. There are quite a few letters that can be badly inscribed, but the leg of the letter R ends with a triangular point instead of a curve. It is for this reason that I classify this coin as a ''corrected mark''. To better identify these corrected marks, we must remove the lower part of this letter B and see if the shape perfectly evokes a letter R. We must also see if the leg of the letter R ends in a wider triangular point. Showing that the engraver had finished one extremity. This is a detail that we always find on all letters. 

The marks CONOR are classified as AYC #6. Here are the different variants:

- #6: CONOR mark not corrected. Examples: AYC #6 f, indicating that it is the CONOR mark associated with the seventh known officina: Z (without officina or first officina: no letter, second officina: a .. etc.). #6 (1) with legend break on the reverse.

- ''mark corr'' in the reference indicates that the mark has been corrected. When the letter R of CONOR has a thin line which has been added to form a letter B. 

Read this article about CONOR marks: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/blog/antique/romaines/analyse-de-la-marque-conor. I also assigned the same RIC numbers as for AYC #5, the RIC not having noted these marks CONOR.

The coins of the third issue are recognizable by their style. The bust is similar to that of the first two issues and that of Basiliscus. Be careful though because many coins are between the style of Basiliscus and the one found later (RIC 929 and 930 with a wider face with long and wide nose, looking more slightly to the right).

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.