Marcian, 450-457.  11 mm. 1.35 grams.
DN MARCIANVS PF AVG
monogram in wreath, cross above and CON below. 

RIC 545.

In this late period the small AE4 1-nummis piece was the only copper denomination. Often the obverse legends are blundered or illegible, so the emperor is unusally identifed by the monogram. 

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