Co 995 (Late Roman bronze coin of Marcian) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Comment

JLR 2025: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Contributor Notes

2014 (June 11): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 891 (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)

8.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.23

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed bust(?) of emperor to right

Reverse Inscription

Monogram of emperor (traces)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)