ZENO GOLD SOLIDUS – PROMINENT DOUBLE STRIKE ANCIENT ERROR – MINT STATE NGC GRADED EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE COIN (Inv. 20940)

$1,850.00

ROMAN EMPIRE. ZENO, AD 474–491.
Gold Solidus, 4.45 g, 22 mm. Issue of Constantinople, officina A, during his second reign, AD 476–491.
Obv. D N ZENO PERP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Zeno three quarters right, holding spear and shield with horseman device. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG Z, Victory standing left, holding jeweled cross, star in left field, CONOB in exergue.
RIC X 910.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 2/5, Surface 2/5, “wrinkled,” “die shift,” “adjusted flan.” A coin that shows a prominent rotated double strike error with the upper part of the emperor’s helmet visible at ten o’clock.