v11_0501 - JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER Double maiorina
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 426.86 €
Estimate : 686.02 €
Realised price : 426.86 €
Starting price : 426.86 €
Estimate : 686.02 €
Realised price : 426.86 €
Type : Double maiorina
Date: 363
Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,66 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Magnifique patine vert jade. Flan légèrement irrégulier. Très joli revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste barbu, diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Julien II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Flavius Claudius Julianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Flavien Claude Julien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS REI PVB// LVG OFF S.
Reverse description : Taureau passant à droite surmonté de deux étoiles.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Rei Publicæ", (La Sécurité de la République)// "Lugdunum officina secunda", (seconde officine de Lyon).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de l’ouvrage du Dr Bastien (n° 287a, pl. 26).
Historical background
JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER
(6/11/355-26/06/363)
Augustus
Julien II, Caesar in 355, was proclaimed august in Paris in February 360. After the death of Constantius II, in November 361, he remained sole master of the empire. Installed in Antioch at the beginning of 363 where he wrote the Misopogon (Of those who are against the beard - because he wore the beard of the philosophers), he abjured Christianity by trying to create a pagan syncretism. This policy failed and did not survive the emperor who died on June 26, 363, killed or assassinated, while he had begun a brilliant campaign against the Sassanids..
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