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.

Photo of a coin sold the 27/01/2021 byr Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 484, lot 937, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7758866, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

Variant without jewels on the diadem and with the officina letter in normal orientation and retrograde (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.

Antoher coin of the same type, shares the same reverse die as the AYC #9 f off var, RIC 929 (variant with jewels on the diadem). Voici la photo de la monnaie (Here is the photo of the coin (illustrated in the comments of the AYC #9 f off var):

Photo of a coin sold the 10/01/2019 by Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 52, lot 1078, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5577016, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/.

I show this coin with the legend break on the reverse: VICTOR - I - A AVGGG. Which is unclassifiable, it doesn't really match the style of the 3rd issue or the style of the 5th. If we consider it from the 3rd issue, it would be the first coin with the inverted officina. Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 06/03/2016 by Numismatik Naumann, Auction 41, lot 928, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2978062, link to their website: https://www.numismatik-naumann.at/.

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.