CNG on ebay - Zenonis. Æ 10mm. Very RARE Empress! $162.50 06/02/99 Seller cngcoins Aelia Zenonis, wife of Basiliscus. Æ 10mm (1.01 gm). Constantinople mint. Diademed bust right / Monogram of Zenonis. RIC X 1017; MIRB 14; DOCLR 627. Fine/VF. Very rare! 712987. Aelia Zenonis was the wife of Basiliscus, who briefly usurped the throne from the Emperor Zeno in the critical year of 475/476 AD. The turmoil in the Eastern Empire allowed the Germanic chieftain Odovacer to depose the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, thus ending the West Roman Empire.