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Coin of Marcian, Constantinople

Coin of Marcian, Constantinople

r. 450 -457 CE

Marcian

Byzantine

Obverse: Bust of emperor r., draped, cuirassed, with pearl diadem. Reverse: Enwreathed monogram of Marcian (no. 2) with cross above. Mintmark illegible, but combination of this monogram with cross surmounting could be: Constantinople (RIC X, 545), Nicomedia (RIC X, 551), Cyzicus (RIC X, 565), or Antioch (RIC X, 568).

Bronze

Byzantine period, Early

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