- Co 533 (Late Roman bronze coin of Marcian from Nicomedia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 457
- Not before (date)
- 450
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC X Marcian 555, p. 283 (monogram 2+)
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2469, p. 96
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F+. Several nicks and chips with fissuring around edge; moderate pitting and flaking. Small patches of white bronze disease across both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 53, no. 634, pl. IV (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Marcian (eastern emperor, 450-457)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.78
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N MAR[CIANVS P F] AVG
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, NICO
- Reverse Inscription
- Monogram of emperor (above, cross) within wreath broken for mintmark
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 533 (Late Roman bronze coin of Marcian from Nicomedia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0533>
