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Auction XLVII  3-4 Jun 2017
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Lot 360

Starting price: 250 EUR
Price realized: 275 EUR
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Zenonis, wife of Basiliscus (dead 476 AD). AE Nummus, Constantinople (?) mint. Obv. [AEL ZENONIS AVG]. Diademed and draped bust right. Rev. Zenonis monogram within wreath border. RICX, 1018. LRC 627. AE. g. 0.58 mm. 9.50 RRRR. Extremely rare and in excellent condition for the issue. Brown patina. VF. Aelia Zenonis, wife of Basiliscus and mother of Marcus, was proclaimed augusta by her husband after his accession in January 475 and put to death in his company after his downfall in August 476. Nothing is known of her family, but her name suggests some relationship to Zeno. The only known coins of Zenonis are solidi and nummi, all of extreme rarity. (P. Grierson, LRC, p. 180).
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