Martinian, Usurper
CNG 94, Lot: 1095. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Martinian. Usurper, AD 324. Æ Follis (22mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 3rd officina. D N M MARTINIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONS ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and scepter in left; to left, eagle standing right, holding wreath in its beak; to right, bound captive seated right; X/II(archaic N)//SMNΓ. RIC VII 45; Hunter 1 var. (officina). VF, red and brown patina, spot of hard green in obverse legend at 2 o’clock.
From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Helios 5 (25 June 2010), lot 449.