- Co 574 (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 558, p. 283
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG. Snapped edge upper right obverse; extensive, moderate pitting and rare scratching.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 824 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 1
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Marcian (eastern emperor, 450-457)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 8.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.53
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- Monogram 4 of Marcian; In exergue, NICO
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] MAR[CIANVS P F] AVG
- Reverse Description
- Monogram within wreath broken below for mintmark
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 574 (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/co0574>
