Live auction - brm_604113 - ZENO Solidus
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | 620 € |
| Maximum bid : | 650 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 September 2020 15:24:35 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 476-491
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,30 g.
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe revers de style fin. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
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).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Zeno Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Zénon perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVGGG (DELTA)/ -|*//CONO-B.
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
À partir de Marcien, le nombre de G dans la légende de revers n’indique plus le nombre d’augustes, mais est la marque du pluriel.
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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