Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Rome, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG A, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. Unpublished in the standard references; cf. RIC X 3651-7; cf. DOC 686-7; cf. Lacam pl. 57-8, 70-81; Lanz 162, 453 = CNG e332, 391 (same dies). 4.48g, 19mm, 6h.

Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished in the standard references and only one other on CoinArchives.

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

This example is undoubtably linked in style and fabric to the issues attributed to Rome despite bearing the mint mark CONOB instead of COMOB (see lot 854).