v28_0458 - ZENO Maiorina (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 28 (2007)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 236.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 236.00 €
Type : Maiorina (MB, Æ 2)
Date: c. 476-491
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,57 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Décentré au revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [D N Z]E-NO PER[P 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 : CONC-[ORDIA]/ -|-// [CON].
Reverse description : Zénon, vêtu militairement debout à droite, tenant un globe de la main droite et une longue croix de la main gauche ; un captif à ses pieds assis à droite.
Reverse translation : “Concordia”, (La Concorde).
Commentary
Ultime grand bronze de l’Empire romain. Poids lourd.
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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