Rare Zenonis Nummus

172, Lot: 321. Estimate $500. Sold for $954. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelia Zenonis. Augusta, AD 475-476. Æ (9mm, 0.69 g, 6h). Probably Constantinople, struck under Basiliscus. Diademed and draped bust right / Zenonis monogram. RIC X 1017; LRBC 2287; Coin Hoards II, Fig. 14, 9 (this coin). Near VF, dark green patina, clear monogram, flan a little uneven.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.