Exceptional Zeno Nummus

172, Lot: 319. Estimate $150. Sold for $385. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Zeno. First reign, AD 474-475. Æ (10mm, 1.14 g, 2h). Constantinople mint. [D] N ZENO P E V C, diademed and draped bust right / Monogram in wreath; CON in exergue. RIC X 961; LRBC - ; MIRB 26 (same obverse die); Coin Hoards II, Fig. 14, 14 (this coin). Near EF, An exceptional Zeno small bronze, with nearly full legends and excellent metal.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.