VICTORIA AVGGG (simultanée avec Julius Nepos 477 / 480)


Reference : AYC #18, RIC 3229
Weight: 4.39 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N ZENO – PERP A/G (A and V linked)

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.

VICTOR - IA AVGGG

An angel standing left, holding a long latin cross decorated with jewels. Behind her on the right, a star.

Marks

M
D
COMOB
Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold the 06/10/2020 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 120, lot 917, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7385440, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

A similar coin in Lacam: CLXIII, Groupe IV ,série A, type 2, variété b (page 659). Source: Dumbarton Oaks.

Small break between the letters E and R of PERP on the obverse. Without being large enough to be noticeable. Generally, many of the solidi of this mint have light spaces on PERP, the spear being often quite long.

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.