Martinian, Usurper

CNG 100, Lot: 1957. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Martinian. Usurper, AD 324. Æ (20mm, 2.86 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina. D N M MARTINIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and scepter; eagle at feet to left, bound captive to right; SMNB. RIC VII 45. Near VF, earthen black patina. Very rare.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (21 May 2015), lot 2111.