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 18/07/2018 by Harlan J. Berk Ltd, Buy or Bid Sale 204, lot 30, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5156530.

Variant with jewells on the diadem and the mark CONOB / R. The line joining the two legs of the letter R on the reverse is very fine but visible. Different photos of the same reverse die better show this line. Weak legend break on the reverse but still noticeable. I note an unimportant detail: the officina letter, throughout the series, is seen in a vertical position most often and more rarely in a horizontal position.

The coin shares the same reverse die as this coin (AYC #10 var mark corr (1), RIC 930):

Photo of a coin sold the 05/05/2018 by Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 45, lot 750, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4948376, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/.

The marks CONOR are classified as AYC #10. Here are the different variants:

- #10: CONOR mark not corrected. Examples: AYC #10 f, indicating that it is the CONOR mark associated with the seventh known officina: Z (without officina or first officina: no letter, second officina: a .. etc.). #10 (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 #9, the RIC not having noted these marks CONOR.

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.