- Co 817 (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 554, p. 283
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2467, p. 96
- Label or tag text
- coin found in T trench in very hard earth at that level. Red earth
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Slight chipped edge; extensive, slight pitting and scratching. Faint, incipient pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 53, no. 635 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Marcian (eastern emperor, 450-457)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 10.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.16
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N MARCIA[NVS P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Monogram of emperor; above, cross; within wreath broken at mintmark
- Reverse Inscription
- Below monogram breaking wreath, NIC
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 817 (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/co0817>
