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Live auction - brm_1092358 - ZENO and LEO II CAESAR Solidus

ZENO and LEO II CAESAR Solidus MS
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Estimate : 5 500 €
Price : 3 500 €
Maximum bid : 3 500 €
End of the sale : 03 March 2026 15:12:25
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Solidus
Date: 9 février - 17 novembre
Date: 474
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 9e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Très beau buste de Zénon avec une petite griffe sur le nez. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N LEO ET Z-ENO PP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Zénon à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Domini Nostri Leo et Zeno Perpetui Augusti”, (Nos seigneurs Léon et Zénon perpétuels augustes).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SALVS REI -*- PVBLICAE(THÊTA)// CONOB.
Reverse description : Léon II et Zénon assis à de face sur un trône, nimbés et drapés ; au milieu, une croix.
Reverse translation : “Salus Rei Publicæ”, (La Santé de la chose publique).

Commentary


Ce type est de la plus grande rareté et semble beaucoup moins courant que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type is of the greatest rarity and seems much less common than general works suggest.

Historical background


ZENO and LEO II CAESAR

(9/02-17/11/474)

Zeno married Ariadne, daughter of Leo I, around 466. Their son, Leo II, succeeded his grandfather in 474, but in fact it was Zeno who assumed power from February 9 as emperor, before that Leo II died on November 17, 474.

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