VICTORIA AVGGG (2nd reign, 476 / 491, 4th 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.

Coin referenced in the RIC X page 308, n° 928. Source: British Museum. Since all the copies that I have seen still have a mark CONOR ou CONOB / R, I'm waiting to see a coin with the mark CONOB AYC #7 f, RIC 927 (I therefore noted the legend breaks that we see most often on this type). The copy visible on the website of the British Museum (this is the copy illustrated in the RIC X plate 31, n° 928, is it the only one of this type being preserved?) has a mark CONOB / R. Museum number R.367, link to the coin: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-367. This is not the only officina affected by this problem: I only saw marks CONOR or CONOB / R for the officina S. Look at the AYC #8 to see the different coins and officinas with those marks. Read this article detailing the subject of the marks CONOR and CONOB / R: https://www.all-your-coins.com/en/blog/antique/romaines/analyse-de-la-marque-conor.

Variant with jewels on the diadem.

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.