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ID:     RICK016B
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Martinian
Date Ruled:     AD 324
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 3
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 324
Weight:     1.99 g
Obverse Legend:     IM CS MAR MARTINIANVĪ“ P F AVS
Obverse Description:     Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     IOVI CONS_ERVATORI
Reverse Description:     Jupiter standing left with chlamys across left shoulder, Victory on globe in right hand, left hand leaning on eagle-tipped scepter; eagle with wreath in beak to left on ground; to right captive seated on ground.
Exergue:     SMKB
Mint Mark:     SMKB/ X/II episemon in right field
Mint:     Cyzicus
Primary Reference:     RIC VII 016 var
Reference2:     SRCV 3824v (obverse inscription)
Reference3:     VM 001v (obverse inscription)
Reference4:     Vagi 3037
Photograph Credit:     Gemini Numismatic Auctions, LLC
Source:     http://www.geminiauction.com
Price Sold For:     5000 USD
Date Sold:     08.01.2008
Grade:     VF
Notes:     (1) Officina "B" is unrecorded for this issue (2) Gemini, LLC Auction IV; Lot No. 509 (3) Note the blundered obverse legend, which in fact may be the norm. This "alteration" was not noted in RIC despite the obvious example on Plate 22.