Julius Nepos AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Rome, 24 June AD 474 - 28 August AD 475. 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, COMOB• in exergue. RIC X 3205 var. (COMOB); Baldi 1 var. (same); Depeyrot 78/2 var. (same); Lacam pl. 42, 97-101; NAC 52, 669 (hammer: 7,500 CHF) = Hess-Divo AG 336, 303. 4.33g, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostrum Hoard (1954).