Zeno AV Solidus, struck by Theoderic or Odovacar.
Gold, 4.23 g; 20.29 mm. Mint in N. Italy. 474-493 AD. 

D N ZENO-F PERP AVG, pearl-diademed & cuirassed bust facing slightly right, wearing high-crested helmet, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with a rider spearing a fallen enemy, on left arm.
VICTOR-I-A AVGGG I (officina), Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field; mintmark CONOB (B ligate) in ex. 

Ref. COI p. 11, 3 (Odovacar); Lacam Class II, 70ff; RIC X pp. 215-216.

This obverse legend is unrecorded and would normally be D N ZENO PERP F AVG. 
The semi-literacy of some letters and the ligate B in the mintmark suggest that this was struck by one of the two Ostrogoth kings, Odovacar or Theoderic. 

Contributed by Dane for TimeLine Originals, June 2009