Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno, uncertain mint, AD 476-491. D N ZEИO PEPR AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG S, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references; CNG 57, lot 1455; Michel Dürr, 8 November 1999, lot 237. 4.32g, 21mm, 6h.
Mint State. Extremely Rare.
This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostum Hoard (1954).
Price realized | 2'800 GBP |
Starting price | 1'200 GBP |
Estimate | 2'000 GBP |