RIC X Marcian 2301
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 455
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Ravenna (ancient mint)
Solidus in gold struck at Ravenna under Marcian, AD 455, catalogued as RIC X Marcian 2301. Obverse: Bust of Marcian, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: Marcian, draped, cuirassed, standing front, holding long cross in right hand and Victory on globe in left hand; placing right foot on head of human-headed coiled serpent. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Solidus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Ravenna
- Issuing authority
- Marcian
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Marcian, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse type
- Marcian, draped, cuirassed, standing front, holding long cross in right hand and Victory on globe in left hand; placing right foot on head of human-headed coiled serpent
- Obverse legend
- D N MARCIA-NVS P F AVG
- Reverse legend
- VICTORI-A AVGGG
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.10.marc_w.2301
- Catalogue reference
- RIC X Marcian 2301
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.10.marc_w.2301
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet