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brm_214818 - ZENO Solidus

ZENO Solidus AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 476-491
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de beau style, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. D’infimes petites traces sur la tranche

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N ZENO - P-ERP 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 AVGGGE/ -|*//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).

Commentary


Style de portrait particulier, très allongé. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème perlé sans cabochon. Casque à plumet. Cuirasse ornée de quatre et de six clous. Épaulière cloutée. Au revers, étoile à cinq branches. Le B de CONOB ressemble à un R.
Distinctive portrait style, very elongated. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Pearl diadem without cabochon. Plumed helmet. Breastplate decorated with four and six studs. Studded shoulder guard. On the reverse, five-pointed star. The B in CONOB resembles an R

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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