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Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt (1991)

Printed Auction 43 Lot 5

ROMAN IMPERIAL. Zeno. Second reign, A.D. 476-491. AV solidus. 4.37 gm. 20 mm. Constantinople mint, 4th officina. His pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; Δ/CONOB. RIC X 910 and 929. Depeyrot 108/1. Extremely Fine; full flan; fine style; lightly toned and attractive.

Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection IV (Sotheby's, 19-20 June 1991) lot 1027 ("of good style").

Zeno was the last late Roman emperor to serve in the east. His unusual career has been attracting serious scholarship recently, making his issues fertile ground for collectors. Zeno was an Isaurian soldier when he married Ariadne, daughter of the Emperor Leo I. Their son Leo II became emperor briefly, but young and sickly, shortly before he died he appointed his father co-emperor, at a time of political ferment in Constantinople. Zeno was deposed and fled to Isauria, but being an astute survivor from there he cleverly managed a return to power.

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