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VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS [VIRTVTI EXERCITVS]; Mars advancing r. in military dress, r. holding spear, l. shield and trophy over shoulder. Δ in left field, • [dot] in right field. MKV in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED ISSUE. It could be CYZICUS 61 with an engraver's error or with a worn out star, but it could also belong to a separate earlier issue. See footnote 3 from p. 587 to the second variety of Virtuti Exercitus [CYZICUS 50-52]: "There is some evidence, slight but clear, that this type occured in an issue with mark  , &c. Oxford possesses a coin with this reverse, of officina A, with obv. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, r., laur. (5.46 gm.), while the A.N.S. has a specimen with the same reverse, of officina Δ, with obv. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, r., laur. It is possible that the dot in field to r. may be no more than a small variant in the main  issue; equally, and on the analogy of later-mark sequence, it may indicate a very small issue succeeding . In view of this uncertainty it has not been listed here as a substantive issue". Coin could be listed as a part of this issue before CYZICUS 53.
See also:
CYZICUS [before 53], GALERIUS MAXIMIAN, UNLISTED ISSUE
CYZICUS [before 53], MAXIMINUS, UNLISTED ISSUE
CYZICUS [before 53], GALERIA VALERIA, UNLISTED ISSUE
CYZICUS [before 53], LICINIUS, UNLISTED ISSUE
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