v41_1409 - JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER Maiorina réduite, (PBQ, Æ 4)
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Maiorina réduite, (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 357-360
Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Revers bien venu. Patine marron foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Baldwin (15 novembre 1973) et de la collection du Duke of Argyll (avec son étiquette)
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVLIANVS - NOB CAE.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue, drapé et cuirassé de Julien II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iulianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Notre seigneur Julien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES REI-PVBLICE/ -|-//.
Reverse description : Julien II debout à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant un globe de la main droite et une haste renversée de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : ALED
Reverse translation : “Spes Rei Publice”, (L'Espérance de la République).
Commentary
Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Fibule d’attache.
Historical background
JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER
(6/11/355-26/06/363)
Caésar
Julian II was born in 330 in Constantinople. Spared during the massacre of his entire family in 337, he was sent into exile with his half-brother Constantius Galle. When the latter becomes Caesar, he obtains semi-freedom and completes his education, particularly in Athens. Converted to Christianity by force, he remained deeply pagan and was initiated into the worship of Eleusis and that of Mithras. After the death of Constantius Galle, he became Caesar on November 6, 355. Constantius sent him to Gaul to restore order, but without effective powers. He freed himself from this guardianship and won a great victory near Strasbourg in 357. He established his headquarters in Lutèce. It was there, in February 360, that he was proclaimed august by his troops, the first emperor on a shield..
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