Co 754 (Late Roman bronze coin) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Comment

JLR 2025: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX (RW: “Marcian 450–457 AD“)

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Contributor Notes

2012 (late May-early June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 853 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

2

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Marcian (eastern emperor, 450-457)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

8.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.75

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed head of emperor to right (traces); within heavy band border

Reverse Inscription

Monogram of emperor (traces)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)