Julius Nepos AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Uncertain mint, AD 474-475. D N ZENO PERP AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORA AVGGG S, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; pellet in left field, star in right field, COИOB in exergue. Unpublished; for similar portrait style, cf. Lacam pl. 43 (Nepos in the name of Zeno, Milan mint) and pl. 44, 134 (Arles mint). 4.29g, 20mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine. Unpublished and possibly unique.

This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostum Hoard (1954).