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

Reference : AYC #11 var, RIC 3224 note
Weight: ?
Metal: Gold
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N ZENO – PERP AVG

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.

VICORI - A AVGGG

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

Marks

M
D
COMOB
Numéro :

Coin listed in the note of the RIC X n°3224, page 431 and illustrated plate 69, n°3224 fn. Source: Dumbarton Oaks.

Error of legend with the letter T missing in VICTORIA on the reverse.

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.