Marcian AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 450. D N MARCIANVS P F AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Z, Victory standing to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 508; Depeyrot 87/1. 4.42g, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostrum Hoard (1954).