Live auction - brm_1051197 - ZENO and LEO II CAESAR Solidus

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AU/XF

Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	1 200 €
Maximum bid :	1 700 €
End of the sale :	23 September 2025 15:23:23
bidders :	1 bidder

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: 5e

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan voilé, centré. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

RIC.803 - RCV.21470 (3000$) - Dep.98 /1 (1 ex.) - LRC. - - MRK.-

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 : “Dominus Noster Leo et Zeno Perpetui Augusti”, (Nos seigneurs Léon et Zénon perpétuels augustes).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SALVS REI -*- PVBLICAEE// CONOB.

Reverse description : Léon II et Zénon assis à de face sur un trône, nimbés et drapés ; au milieu, une croix.

Reverse translation : “Dominus Noster Leo”, (Notre seigneur Léon).

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.