Coherent π 0 photo-and electroproduction on 4 He and 12 C nuclei is investigated in the framework of a distorted wave impulse approximation in momentum space. The elementary process is described by the recently developed unitary isobar model. Medium effects are considered by introducing a phenomenological ∆ self-energy. The recent experimental data for 4 He and 12 C can be well described over a wide range of energies and emission angles by the assumption that the ∆-nuclear interaction saturates.