Lot 385
385
Tremissis, 1.43g., Constantinople, DN ZENO ET LIEO (sic) NOV CAES, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and globus cruciger, star in right field, CONOB in exergue (RIC 907; T.8 [same dies]; PCR 1640 [same obverse die]; Kent, NC 1959, pl.VIII, 9 [same obverse die]; Goodacre 2), very fine, extremely rare
Tremissis, 1.43g., Constantinople, DN ZENO ET LIEO (sic) NOV CAES, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and globus cruciger, star in right field, CONOB in exergue (RIC 907; T.8 [same dies]; PCR 1640 [same obverse die]; Kent, NC 1959, pl.VIII, 9 [same obverse die]; Goodacre 2), very fine, extremely rare

Details
Tremissis, 1.43g., Constantinople, DN ZENO ET LIEO (sic) NOV CAES, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and globus cruciger, star in right field, CONOB in exergue (RIC 907; T.8 [same dies]; PCR 1640 [same obverse die]; Kent, NC 1959, pl.VIII, 9 [same obverse die]; Goodacre 2), very fine, extremely rare
Provenance
NFA auction XVIII, 1 April 1987, lot 628

Lot Essay

The NFA catalogue states; the obverse die used for this coin has been altered from one bearing the names of the co-emperors Basiliscus and Marcus, thus establishing the true historic context for this enigmatic issue.