- Co 566 (Late Roman bronze coin of Marcian from Constantinople) [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 541-542, p. 282 (monogram 5?)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF. Extensively nicked edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting to cratering.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 817 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 10
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Marcian (eastern emperor, 450-457)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 9.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 42.0
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Reverse Description
- Monogram of emperor within wreath (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, CON
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 566 (Late Roman bronze coin of Marcian from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0566>
