Basiliscus and Marcus AV Solidus. Constantinople, autumn AD 475 - August AD 476. D N bASILISCI EƮ MARC P AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / SALVS REIPVRLICAE Δ, Basiliscus and Marcus seated facing on double throne, each nimbate, holding mappa and globus; cross in field between, star above, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 1022; Depeyrot 104/1; DOC 621 var. (officina). 4.49g, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
This coin published in I. Vecchi, R. Beale and S. Parkin, The Mare Nostrum Hoard (forthcoming);
From the Mare Nostrum Hoard (1954).