Featured Solidus of Zeno from the Guy Lacam Collection

Theoderic, I have no expertise in barbarian (pseudo-imperial) coinage, but to my eye it appears to be a barbarian product, not necessarily from an Italian mint. It is a very handsome coin . Coin Archives has posted a mint state tremissis of Leo I, that was recently auctioned by cgb.fr, from the Constantinople Mint, see photo below. The portrait style & peculiar lettering on your coin doesn't look like Constantinople Mint work.

 

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Thats a great write up Al! Learned a lot from it The so called "Barbarians" did a rather decent job on minting the imitations.

 

John, Thanks for posting these two gems ! The Barbarous solidus on the top is as choice as you'll ever see & makes a great comparison to the Constantinople Mint coin on the bottom. Often the barbarous coin look better than the official mint product . Your barbarous solidus with the CONOR inscription, like my coin, will remain an "uncertain mint" until someone can provide convincing evidence otherwise.

 

Al, thanks for the kind feedback on the tremissis. It does indeed appear to be some barbarous type, and I'm always looking to see if one of a similar style pops up.