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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2912723, member: 74968"]I just won this semissis a few minutes ago an I could not wait to post it. It appears to be quite a scarce coin. I found the following examples:</p><p>Acsearch: 5</p><p>Coin Archives: 0</p><p>CNG: 2</p><p><br /></p><p>I know it has issues, but if I wanted a semissis of Marcian I would have settle for what appeared on the market.This one did so I grabbed it. I can hardly wait to add this coin to my growing collection of gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your gold coins, coins of Marcian, or anything you feel is relevant. It has been a very good 2 days. First I added a piece of French gold last night, and now I have added to my ancient gold. I really like that the legends are readable on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>From wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcian's rule marked a recovery of the Eastern Empire, which the Emperor protected from external menaces and reformed economically and financially. On the other side, the isolationistic policies of Marcian left the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Western Roman Empire</a> without help against barbarian attacks, which materialized in the Italian campaigns of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila" rel="nofollow">Attila</a> and in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals" rel="nofollow">Vandal</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(455)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(455)" rel="nofollow">sack of Rome (455)</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>He convoked the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" rel="nofollow">Council of Chalcedon</a>, held in 451.</p><p><font size="4"><b>Rule[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcian&action=edit&section=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcian&action=edit&section=3" rel="nofollow">edit</a>]</b></font></p><p>Upon becoming Emperor, Marcian repudiated the embarrassing payments of tribute to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_the_Hun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_the_Hun" rel="nofollow">Attila the Hun</a> (434–453), which the latter had been accustomed to receiving from Theodosius II in order to refrain from attacks on the Eastern Empire. He cancelled the subsidies, stating, <i>I have iron for Attila, but no gold</i>. Aware that he could never capture the eastern capital of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" rel="nofollow">Constantinople</a>, Attila turned to the west and waged his famous campaigns in Gaul 451 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" rel="nofollow">Italy</a> (452) while leaving Marcian's dominions alone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcian reformed the finances, checked extravagance, and repopulated the devastated districts. He repelled attacks upon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_(Roman_province)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_(Roman_province)" rel="nofollow">Syria</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegyptus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegyptus" rel="nofollow">Egypt</a> in 452, and quelled disturbances on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia" rel="nofollow">Armenian</a>frontier in 456. The other notable event of his reign is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" rel="nofollow">Council of Chalcedon</a> in 451, in which Marcian endeavored to mediate between the rival schools of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" rel="nofollow">theology</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcian generally ignored the affairs of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" rel="nofollow">Western Roman Empire</a>, leaving that tottering half of the empire to its fate. He did nothing to aid the west during Attila's campaigns, and, living up to his promise, ignored the depredations of Geiseric even when the Vandals sacked Rome in 455. It has recently been argued, however, that Marcian was more actively involved in aiding the Western Empire than historians had previously believed and that Marcian's fingerprints can be discerned in the events leading up to, and including, Attila's death.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly before Attila's death in 453, conflict had begun again between him and Marcian. However, the powerful Hun king died before all-out war broke out. In a dream, Marcian claimed he saw Attila's bow broken before him, and a few days later, he got word that his great enemy was dead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcian died on 27 January 457<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-deathday-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-deathday-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> of a disease, possibly gangrene, contracted during a long religious journey. He was buried in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles" rel="nofollow">church of the Holy Apostles</a> in Constantinople, together with Pulcheria.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-jones-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-jones-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Despite his short reign and his writing off of the west Marcian is considered one of the best of the early Eastern Roman Emperors."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marcian (450-457). AV Semissis (17mm, 1.98g, 6h). Constantinople. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. R/ Victory seated r. on cuirass, holding shield inscribed XVXXX; star in l. field, Christogram in r.; CONOB. RIC X 514 (R2) Wavy flan, otherwise near VF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]703600[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2912723, member: 74968"]I just won this semissis a few minutes ago an I could not wait to post it. It appears to be quite a scarce coin. I found the following examples: Acsearch: 5 Coin Archives: 0 CNG: 2 I know it has issues, but if I wanted a semissis of Marcian I would have settle for what appeared on the market.This one did so I grabbed it. I can hardly wait to add this coin to my growing collection of gold coins. Please post your gold coins, coins of Marcian, or anything you feel is relevant. It has been a very good 2 days. First I added a piece of French gold last night, and now I have added to my ancient gold. I really like that the legends are readable on this coin. From wikipedia: Marcian's rule marked a recovery of the Eastern Empire, which the Emperor protected from external menaces and reformed economically and financially. On the other side, the isolationistic policies of Marcian left the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire']Western Roman Empire[/URL] without help against barbarian attacks, which materialized in the Italian campaigns of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila']Attila[/URL] and in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals']Vandal[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Rome_(455)']sack of Rome (455)[/URL]. He convoked the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon']Council of Chalcedon[/URL], held in 451. [SIZE=4][B]Rule[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcian&action=edit§ion=3']edit[/URL]][/B][/SIZE] Upon becoming Emperor, Marcian repudiated the embarrassing payments of tribute to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_the_Hun']Attila the Hun[/URL] (434–453), which the latter had been accustomed to receiving from Theodosius II in order to refrain from attacks on the Eastern Empire. He cancelled the subsidies, stating, [I]I have iron for Attila, but no gold[/I]. Aware that he could never capture the eastern capital of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople']Constantinople[/URL], Attila turned to the west and waged his famous campaigns in Gaul 451 and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL] (452) while leaving Marcian's dominions alone. Marcian reformed the finances, checked extravagance, and repopulated the devastated districts. He repelled attacks upon [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria_(Roman_province)']Syria[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegyptus']Egypt[/URL] in 452, and quelled disturbances on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia']Armenian[/URL]frontier in 456. The other notable event of his reign is the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon']Council of Chalcedon[/URL] in 451, in which Marcian endeavored to mediate between the rival schools of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology']theology[/URL]. Marcian generally ignored the affairs of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire']Western Roman Empire[/URL], leaving that tottering half of the empire to its fate. He did nothing to aid the west during Attila's campaigns, and, living up to his promise, ignored the depredations of Geiseric even when the Vandals sacked Rome in 455. It has recently been argued, however, that Marcian was more actively involved in aiding the Western Empire than historians had previously believed and that Marcian's fingerprints can be discerned in the events leading up to, and including, Attila's death.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] Shortly before Attila's death in 453, conflict had begun again between him and Marcian. However, the powerful Hun king died before all-out war broke out. In a dream, Marcian claimed he saw Attila's bow broken before him, and a few days later, he got word that his great enemy was dead. Marcian died on 27 January 457[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-deathday-1'][1][/URL] of a disease, possibly gangrene, contracted during a long religious journey. He was buried in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Apostles']church of the Holy Apostles[/URL] in Constantinople, together with Pulcheria.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian#cite_note-jones-6'][6][/URL] Despite his short reign and his writing off of the west Marcian is considered one of the best of the early Eastern Roman Emperors." Marcian (450-457). AV Semissis (17mm, 1.98g, 6h). Constantinople. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r. R/ Victory seated r. on cuirass, holding shield inscribed XVXXX; star in l. field, Christogram in r.; CONOB. RIC X 514 (R2) Wavy flan, otherwise near VF [ATTACH=full]703600[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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