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 29/10/2014 by Dr Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 413, lot 596, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2193962.

Coin of a style between the 3rd issue and the 5th. I chose to attribute it to the 5th issue.

Variant without jewels on the diadem and with the officina letter in position ''upright'' (in the same orientation than the mark CONOB and slightly inclined). 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.