Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1246. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. Estimate $3000 Sold For $6500 

MARTINIAN. 324 AD. Æ Follis (1.96 gm, 12h). 
Cyzicus mint. IM C S MAR MARTINIANVS P F AVS, 
radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IOVI 
CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding 
Victory on globe in right hand and sceptre in 
left; to left, eagle standing left, head right 
with wreath in beak; to right, bound captive 
seated right; X/IIG/SMKD. RIC VII 16; Hunter -. 
Good VF, brown patina, some roughness. Extremely 
rare and perhaps the finest known from the mint of 
Cyzicus. ($3000)
Unpublished officina letter.

During his war with Constantine, Licinius 
appointed his magister officiorum, Martinian, as 
his co-emperor. The new Augustus was then deployed 
to Lampsacus to oppose Constantine's army as it 
crossed the Hellespont. After his defeat, 
Martinian was imprisoned in Cappadocia, where he 
was later executed on Constantine's orders. During 
his brief reign, Martinian struck coinage at two 
mints, Nicomedia and Cyzicus. The great majority 
of his known coins are from Nicomedia.

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