VICTORIA AVGGG (2nd reign, 476 / 491, 5th 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.

One coin sold the 10/05/2017 by Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 328, lot 778, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3806047.

Coin of a style between the 3rd issue and the 5th. I chose to attribute it to the 5th issue. The mark can be interpreted as CONOB / R but I classified it as CONOB because the general shape of the letter B is good, even if there is this line below which protrudes to the left and may have been added to an original R. Read this article about brands CONOR: https://www.all-your-coins.com/fr/blog/antique/romaines/analyse-de-la-marque-conor.

Variant without jewels on the diadem and with the officina letter in normal orientation (in the same direction as the legend). The RIC X referenced the officina letter Z and inverted Z. I think it was the letter in the normal position and following the direction of the legend, inverted Z being the retrograde version. I also listed a variant that I noted: the one with the “upright” position, that is to say in a normal orientation and readable in the direction of CONOB.

The coins of the fifth issue are recognizable by style. The face is wider with a long and wide nose. Zeno looking more slightly to the right.

On the reverse, I noted ''Angel'' in the description, we can also say that it is about the Victory, but the image of the victory at that time had indeed become that of an angel symbolizing the Christian victory.