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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     77001076 Type:     Goths, Vandals Region:     Uncertain Germanic Tribes City:     Uncertain Issuer:     Marcian Date Ruled:     AD 450-457 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Solidus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD mid. 5th Century Weight:     4.52 g Die Axis:     5 h Obverse Legend:     CN IIΛRCIΛ INVS V F ΛVC (some letters retrograde) Obverse Description:     Helmeted, diademed, and cuirassed facing bust, holding spear in right hand, shield on left arm Reverse Legend:     VICTORI-Λ ΛVCCC Reverse Description:     Victory standing left, holding in right hand a long cross with labarum-like ornamentation at the top; star to right; Δ Primary Reference:     Gorny & Mosch 134, lot 3339 (same rev. die), otherwise unpublished Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115499 Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1076 Ex Baldwin’s 47 (25 September 2006), lot 227.Imitations of Marcian’s coinage are extremely rare, with apparently the only example published being a solidus found in Scandinavia (J.M. Fagerlie, Late Roman and Byzantine Solidi found in Sweden and Denmark, NNM 157 [1967], pl. XVI, 377). The engraving of that coin, however, is significantly different from the present and Gorny specimens.

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