- Co 1211 (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 549, p. 282 (monogram 6)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P. Chipped and nicked edge; extensive, moderate pitting to cratering, and sparse fissuring and circumferential cracking.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 954 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Marcian (eastern emperor, 450-457)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.64
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N MA[RCIANVS P F AV]G
- Reverse Description
- Monogram of emperor within wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, NI[C]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1211 (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/co1211>
