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 with a circle in its center and decorated with jewels. Behind her on the right, a star.

Photo of a coin sold the 08/01/2013 by Stack's Bowers Galleries, January 2013 N.Y.I.N.C., lot 5524, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1485034, link to their website: http://www.stacksbowers.com/.

Variant with jewels on the diadem. Two other coins share dies with this copy. Here is the first one sharing the same reverse die:

Photo of a coin sold the 09/06/2010 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 234, lot 556, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=803019, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

The second coin shares the same dies, but the reverse coin is broken in various places. Here is the coin: 

Photo of a coin sold the 04/05/2014 by Numismatik Naumann, Auction 16, lot 1226, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1944079, link to their website: https://www.numismatik-naumann.at/.

I also note this coin whose letter N of CONOR seems to have no crossbar. Resembling I I. Coin sold the 24/01/2006 by UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 64, lot 274, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=280279. 

To complete, I show this interesting coin, showing a correction on the letter N of DN on the obverse:

Photo of a coin sold the 21/10/2020 by Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 479, lot 226, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7430955, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

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.