Co 817 (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 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

Reverse Photograph