v08_0675 - JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER Maiorina

MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 53.36 €
Estimate : 83.85 €
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Type : Maiorina

Date: 355-357

Mint name / Town : Pannonie supérieure ou Savie, Siscia

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 2,90 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Très beau portrait. Jolie patine vert olive foncé lissée

Catalogue references :

C.8/45-13 - RIC.8/377-363A - LRBC.1229

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N IVLIANVS NOB C.

Obverse description : Buste tête nue, drapé et cuirassé de Julien II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).

Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Julien noble césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : FEL TEMP - REPARATIO// ASISZ.

Reverse description : Soldat casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant un bouclier sur le bras gauche et une haste de la main droite terrassant un cavalier tombé au sol couché sur son cheval qui est tourné à gauche.

Reverse translation : (Le retour des temps heureux).

Commentary

Poids lourd.

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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