Co 875 (Late Roman bronze coin of Marcian) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Comment

JLR 2025: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX

Comment

RW: Marcian, 450-457 AD

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Contributor Notes

2014 (June 5): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 869 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

3

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Marcian (eastern emperor, 450-457)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

8.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.68

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed bust of emperor to right (traces)

Reverse Inscription

Monogram 6 or 7 of Marcian

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)