GFAU2 - Marcian (A.D. 450-457), Gold Solidus, 4.49g., Constantinople mint, 7th officina, struck AD 450-457, D N MARCIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear in right hand, on left arm a shield decorated with horseman spearing an enemy below, rev., VICTORIA AVGGG Z, Victory standing left, holding long cross in right hand; star in right field, CONOB in exergue, (RIC X 510), superb, practically as struck, perfectly centered, lustrous and sharply struck. $1295 SOLD