VICTORIA AVGGG (simultaneous strike with Julius Nepos 477 / 480)

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.

Photo of a coin sold the 20/11/2007 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 42, lot 262, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=417233, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

Unlike AYC #5 to 10, the legend break on the reverse is not noted (1) but with a number. The break noted (1) is a light break where the cross creates a slight space between the two letters. Here, the break is wide, the letter I is located on the other side of Victoria. What is perhaps a voluntary break serving to mark distinct series. The RIC X noted this break "var B" and gave too a unique number to these coins. However, this variant of break ''B'' was not referenced for this obverse legend but only for the obverse legend: D N ZENO PERP A/ G (A and V linked), AYC #18, RIC 3229.

These coins are struck at the same time as the coins of Julius Nepos and its recognizable with the marks M D without star.

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.