Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. In the name of Zeno. Mediolanum, AD 476-489. D N ZENO PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; M-D across fields, star to left, Θ to inner left, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3603; Depeyrot 42/1; DOCLR 679; Lacam pl. 57, 64-6 (struck under Theodoric); Toffanin 544/7; 4.39g, 21mm, 12h.
Near Mint State. Exceedingly Rare; only the third to be offered at auction in the past 20 years.
Lacam attributes this issue to Theodoric on the belief that the Θ in the reverse field represents his initial however this leaves unexplained the A in the same position on another issue from this mint (see RIC X 3602). Since Theodoric did not capture Milan long before Zeno's death, it is likely that this issue was struck at the behest of Odovacar. Indeed, Metlich has argued that 'no Ostrogothic solidi production prior to the time of Anastasius I can be identified' (The Coinage of Ostrogothic Italy, London, 2004, p. 16).
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