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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3704363, member: 76194"]I don't collect Byzantine coinage, and I don't really intend to go deep into Byzantine coinage.....maybe a gold Solidus of Justinian and that's about it. But I can make an exception for Zeno....after all, he was emperor while the Western Roman Empire still existed. Granted, it was basically a fragmented territory on the verge of collapse, but technicalities count and Zeno was still emperor of the east then <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. So I will file this coin under Eastern Roman Empire....even if it was struck after the collapse of the west.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's probably nothing special to most of you, and it does have some condition issues if I'm honest....but I still like it and I'm glad to have it. My budget was already blown to oblivion to fund my upcoming trip to Europe, but I just had to have this. Probably my last purchase of 2019 due to the future expenses of my trip to Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, but I'm not complaining. This is a nice coin to wrap an an excellent 2019 coin hunting season for me....one which has resulted in the acquisition of some of the most beautiful coins in my entire collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]993053[/ATTACH]</p><p>Zeno, 474-475 CE, 476-491 CE</p><p>Eastern Roman Emperor</p><p>AU Solidus, 2nd reign, Aug 476 - 11 Apr 491, 5th issue</p><p>10th officina, Constantinople Mint, weight 4.449g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 180o</p><p>obverse: D N ZENO PERP AVG, helmeted bust facing, pearl diademed with trefoil ornament on crested helmet, cuirassed, spear in right hand over right shoulder, shield on left arm decorated with horseman riding down and spearing enemy</p><p>Reverse: VICTORI AVGGG I, Victory standing left, long jeweled cross in right, star right, CONOB in exergue</p><p>DOCLR 643 (also 10th officina), Tolstoi 24, Ratto 284, RIC X 910, Depeyrot 108/1, SRCV V 21514,</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post whatever you want.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3704363, member: 76194"]I don't collect Byzantine coinage, and I don't really intend to go deep into Byzantine coinage.....maybe a gold Solidus of Justinian and that's about it. But I can make an exception for Zeno....after all, he was emperor while the Western Roman Empire still existed. Granted, it was basically a fragmented territory on the verge of collapse, but technicalities count and Zeno was still emperor of the east then :p. So I will file this coin under Eastern Roman Empire....even if it was struck after the collapse of the west. It's probably nothing special to most of you, and it does have some condition issues if I'm honest....but I still like it and I'm glad to have it. My budget was already blown to oblivion to fund my upcoming trip to Europe, but I just had to have this. Probably my last purchase of 2019 due to the future expenses of my trip to Switzerland, Spain, and Germany, but I'm not complaining. This is a nice coin to wrap an an excellent 2019 coin hunting season for me....one which has resulted in the acquisition of some of the most beautiful coins in my entire collection. [ATTACH=full]993053[/ATTACH] Zeno, 474-475 CE, 476-491 CE Eastern Roman Emperor AU Solidus, 2nd reign, Aug 476 - 11 Apr 491, 5th issue 10th officina, Constantinople Mint, weight 4.449g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 180o obverse: D N ZENO PERP AVG, helmeted bust facing, pearl diademed with trefoil ornament on crested helmet, cuirassed, spear in right hand over right shoulder, shield on left arm decorated with horseman riding down and spearing enemy Reverse: VICTORI AVGGG I, Victory standing left, long jeweled cross in right, star right, CONOB in exergue DOCLR 643 (also 10th officina), Tolstoi 24, Ratto 284, RIC X 910, Depeyrot 108/1, SRCV V 21514, [B]Post whatever you want.[/B][/QUOTE]
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