SINCONA Auction 37
The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire
COINAGE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE MARCIANUS, 450-457
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Description
Solidus 450. Officina B.
Obv. D N MARCIA - NVS P F AVG Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, turned slightly to r., spear over r. shoulder, shield with horseman device on l. shoulder. Without frontal ornament on helmet.
Rev. VICTORI - AAVGGG Victory standing to l. with long cross, star on r. CONOB in exergue.
RIC 510. LRC 477.
4.46 g. Rare. About uncirculated.
Ex Auction Kolner Münzkabinett Kroha 41, Cologne. 1986. Lot 416.
RIC has a printing error and gives the obverse legend for nos. 509-511 as D N MARICA. In fact it is, of course D N MARCIA.