Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Ravenna, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP F AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, CONOBRV in exergue. RIC X 3634; Depeyrot 42/1; DOC -; BMC Vandals 2; cf. Lacam pl. 51, 25-35 and pl. CXCVII-A; NAC 93, 1100 (hammer: CHF 7,000); Künker 104, 679 = Künker 97, 2014 = Künker 89, 2810. 4.40g, 19mm, 6h.
Mint State; flan slightly bent. Extremely Rare; only two other examples on CoinArchives.
This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostum Hoard (1954).