Martinian, Usurper

CNG 108, Lot: 679. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Martinian. Usurper, AD 324. Æ (19mm, 3.24 g, 6h). 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 beak; to right, bound captive seated right; X/II(archaic N)//SMNΓ. RIC VII 45; Hunter 1 var. (officina). Near VF, brown patina with earthen deposits, light roughness, typical weakness of strike. Rare.