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Zeno, Eastern Roman Emperor, gold tremissis

The reverse of a small gold tremissis (1/3 solidus) struck at Constantinople in the name of the Eastern Roman emperor Zeno, 474- 491 AD, depicting the Roman goddess Victoria (Victory) walking, holding out a laurel wreath in her right hand and a cross topped globe in her left, in a mixture of pagan and Christian symbolism.

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Uploaded on October 3, 2010
Taken on October 2, 2009