Live auction - brm_743803 - MARCIAN Solidus

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Estimate :	1 500 €
Price :	1 100 €
Maximum bid :	1 100 €
End of the sale :	07 June 2022 15:45:42
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: c. 450-457

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰

Diameter : 20,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,48 g.

Officine: 8e

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Très beau revers de style fin. Superbe buste avec un petit graffito dans le champ à droite. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

RIC.510 var - RC.432 (300£) - Dep.87 /1 (47 ex.) - LRC. 482 - R.218 - MRK.170 /3 (750€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N MARCIA-NVS P FAVG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Marcien face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a).

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Marcianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Marcien pieux heureux auguste”.