Very Rare Ravenna Mint Marcian

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 434. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcian. AD 450-457. AV Solidus (4.18 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck May-July AD 455. D N MARCIA NVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI A AVGGG, Valentinian, diademed and in military outfit, standing facing, right foot on human-headed serpent, holding long cross and Victory standing left on globe; R-V//COMOB. RIC X 2301; Ranieri 123; Lacam 7; Depeyrot 17/2. VF, light graffiti in obverse fields, lightly clipped. Very rare.

From the White Mountain Collection.