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.

Photo of a coin sold the 10/05/2021 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Spring Sale 2021, lot 1472, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8080319, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

Variant with jewels on the diadem and the mark CONOB / R. Large die break throwing the letter V of AVGGG on the reverse. The coin shares the same obverse die as the AYC #8 d var mark corr, RIC 928. 

The marks CONOR are classified as AYC #8. Here are the different variants:

- #8: CONOR mark not corrected. Examples: AYC #8 a, indicating that it is the CONOR mark associated with the second known officina: Z (without officina or first officina: no letter, second officina: a .. etc.). #8 (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 #7, the RIC not having noted these marks CONOR.

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.