Co 1211 (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 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

Reverse Photograph