RIC X Marcian 504
Denomination: solidus
Material: av
Authority: marcian
Mint: constantinople
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0450 to 0457
Obverse legend: D N MARCIA-NVS P F AVG
Obverse: Bust of Marcian, helmeted, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, facing front, holding spear in right hand behind head and shield decorated with horseman on left arm
Obverse portrait: marcian
Reverse legend: VOT XXX - MVLT XXXX A
Reverse: Constantinopolis, helmeted, draped, enthroned, left, holding cross on globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand; by the throne, a shield; star in right field
Reverse portrait: constantinopolis_personfication