brm_988996 - ZENO Solidus
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Price : 700.00 €
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Price : 700.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 476-491
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré. Marque sur la joue de Zénon mais le buste reste très beau, finement détaillé. Patine de collection
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) ; 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 cinq rais.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La Victoire des augustes).
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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