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brm_910555 - ZENO Nummus

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Type : Nummus

Date: c. 476-491

Mint name / Town : Thessalonica

Metal : copper

Diameter : 9 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,17 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré. Usure importante mais monnaie identifiable. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

RIC.958 - RC.- - LRBC.- - LRC. - - RCV.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : [D N ZE-NO PERP 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 Zeno Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Zénon perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : // [THS].

Reverse description : Monogramme de Zénon.

Commentary

Poids léger. Monogramme 1 (RIC. X, p. 314).
Lightweight. Monogram 1 (RIC.

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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