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 01/07/2018 by Numismatik Naumann, Auction 67, lot 660, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5117856, link to their website: https://www.numismatik-naumann.at/.

Variant without jewels on the diadem, I noted the reference RIC 928 because this number indicates the variant without jewels but the RIC did not refer to this officina in this n ° 928. This variant with officina  is always associated with this legend break on the obverse: P - ERP AVG (I have referenced two different obverse dies and associated with two different reverse dies). Break that is sometimes found on other officinas. For example, a coin with the officina H shares the same obverse die as another coin with the officina . Here are the two coins: 

Coin illustrating this AYC #8 b var mark corr, RIC 928.

Photo of a coin sold the 17/05/2004 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 73, lot 979, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=172911, link to heir website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Officine H avec CONOB.

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.