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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4188167, member: 19463&quot;]My Martinian substitute is the Constantine from that issue at Cyzicus RIC 14 page 645.&nbsp; Martinian is RIC 16 with Licinius falling between the two at 15.&nbsp; I like the hairstyle on this portrait.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t consider the AVS to be an error but just a different way of looking at the proper way to abbreviate Augustus using the first and last of the word.&nbsp;&nbsp; Also note that Martinian used IM CS rather than IMP C for IMPERATOR CAESAR.&nbsp; I would not be surprised to find that the Martinian coins were produced by a separate team in a different location copying the mint mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a Septimius Severus that uses AVS.&nbsp; It is an early product of the &#039;Emesa&#039; mint. You might call it an error but I see the error possibly as not understanding the convention as used in ordinary mints rather than a simple letter substitution.</p><p>Reverse VICTOR IVST AV<b>S</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075916[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the first and last system is found on this Byzantine anonymous follis with IC - XC for Jesus Christ(us).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075931[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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