Co 574 (Late Roman bronze coin of Marcian from Nicomedia) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph