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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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Julian II 'The Philosopher' (AD 360-363). AV solidus (21mm, 4.42 gm, 5h). Antioch, AD 361-363. FL CL IVLIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Julian right, with long beard, bust viewed from front / VIRTVS EXERCI-TVS ROMANORVM, Roman soldier, helmeted and in full armor, advancing right, head left, holding trophy over left shoulder and with right hand grasping the hair of a small captive standing right, hands bound behind back, ANTP. RIC 201 (R2). Cohen 79. Depeyrot 15/2. Minor obverse surface flaw, otherwise a handsome piece bearing a fine portrait of this fascinating ruler. NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5. Julian's "philosopher's beard" can be taken as a deliberate break with his clean-shaven, Christian predecessors and a throwback to stoic emperors of the Antonine age. It became the subject of much derision among the wags of Antioch and Julian, with mixed success, attempted to satirically rebut them with a pamphlet in Greek, Misopogon ("Beard Hater") that survives to this day.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD
Julian II 'The Philosopher' (AD 360-363). AV solidus (21mm, 4.42 gm, 5h). Antioch, AD 361-363. FL CL IVLIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Julian right, with long beard, bust viewed from front / VIRTVS EXERCI-TVS ROMANORVM, Roman soldier, helmeted and in full armor, advancing right, head left, holding trophy over left shoulder and with right hand grasping the hair of a small captive standing right, hands bound behind back, ANTP. RIC 201 (R2). Cohen 79. Depeyrot 15/2. Minor obverse surface flaw, otherwise a handsome piece bearing a fine portrait of this fascinating ruler. NGC AU 4/5 - 3/5. Julian's "philosopher's beard" can be taken as a deliberate break with his clean-shaven, Christian predecessors and a throwback to stoic emperors of the Antonine age. It became the subject of much derision among the wags of Antioch and Julian, with mixed success, attempted to satirically rebut them with a pamphlet in Greek, Misopogon ("Beard Hater") that survives to this day.
Estimate: 5000-7000 USD