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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 3215192, member: 93702&quot;]At only 9.5mm this is my smallest Roman coin. </p><p>It was difficult for me to photograph a coin of this size .. I will have to play with the lighting a bit more I think - a good portion of the wreath on the reverse is visible with a magnifying glass but I wasn&#039;t able to get that in the photo very well.</p><p>The coin is pretty rough but most examples I have seen seem to be in fairly poor condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]835878[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin lacks a mintmark but came with an attribution of: </p><p>Marcian AE4, monogram 9 in wreath, Thessalonika.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at Wildwinds - they list only 7 Marcian monograms in RIC (not 9)... the only one that lists a star above the monogram (instead of a cross) is:</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC X 559 Marcian, AE4, Nicomedia, 450-457 AD. DN MARCIANVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Monogram type 2c within wreath with exergual line, star above. Mintmark NICO. RIC X 559; Sear 21396.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been reading a Forvm thread and it seems there are a couple of other monograms that are not listed in RIC. The investigation continues....</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a quick/blurry phone image of the coin beside a denarius for scale: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]835883[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any tiny Romans in your collection... and if you just so happen to have any further insight into my coin I would certainly appreciate it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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