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brm_566143 - ZENO Solidus

ZENO Solidus MS
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Price : 1 500.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 476-491
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,39 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Magnifique buste, finement détaillé. Fine usure superficielle au revers. Patine de collection
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A. L

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N ZENO - PERP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Zénon de face, tenant une haste sur l’épaule et un bouclier orné d’un cavalier à droite (N'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Zeno Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Zénon perpétuel auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVGGG(GAMMA)/ -|*//CONOB.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant une longue croix de la main droite ; dans le champ à droite, étoile à huit rais.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (la Victoire des augustes).

Historical background


ZENO

(17/11/474-11/04/491)

Second part of reign

Zeno married Ariadne, the daughter of Leo I, around 466. Their son, Leo II, succeeded his grandfather in 474. In fact, it was Zeno who assumed power from February 9 as emperor, before Leo II died on November 17, 474. The following year, he had to face the revolt of Basiliscus and flee Constantinople. Having eliminated Basiliscus and his son in 476, he returned to the capital. A second revolt broke out in 484 with Léonce. It lasts four years. Zeno, hated, died of an epileptic fit in 491. His wife Ariadne married Anastasius.

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