VICTORIA AVGGG (simultaneous strike with Julius Nepos 474 / 475)

Bust of Zeno facing, cuirassed, wearing a 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.

Coin illustrated in the RIC X, plate 68, n°3602. Sources: Hunterian museum of Glasgow, Sotheby Geneva 17 november 1989 lot 138 = Vedrin Hoard 55. No details on the provenance of the illustrated copy.

These coins are struck at the same time as the coins of Julius Nepos.

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.