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Auction 11 12 January 2014
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Julian II. 360-363 AD. Reduced Siliqua, possibly irregular, 1.97g (6h). Lugdunum, c. 361 AD. Obv: D N IVLIA - NVS AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, unbearded. Rx: VOT / V / MVLT / X in wreath, LVG in exergue. Obv. legend var. of RIC 229 (R2) and Bastien 272 (5 spec.). EF
Ex Philip Ronzone Collection
Is this coin official? The sloppy lettering on the reverse might suggest that it is irregular, but on the other hand the portrait and lettering on the obverse look official, and the metal appears to be good silver Julian's obverse legend on this coin, D N IVLIA - NVS AVG, is new: unknown not only to Bastien at the mint of Lugdunum (p. 257), but also to Kent at any mint (RIC p. xxxix). The closest known legends add CL or P F: D N CL IVLI - ANVS AVG or D N IVLIAN - VS P F AVG. Bastien found only a few imitative siliquae of Julian with Lugdunese mintmarks, none particularly reminiscent of our coin: see his p. 147 and pl. XXXII-III, I 134-141
Ex Philip Ronzone Collection
Is this coin official? The sloppy lettering on the reverse might suggest that it is irregular, but on the other hand the portrait and lettering on the obverse look official, and the metal appears to be good silver Julian's obverse legend on this coin, D N IVLIA - NVS AVG, is new: unknown not only to Bastien at the mint of Lugdunum (p. 257), but also to Kent at any mint (RIC p. xxxix). The closest known legends add CL or P F: D N CL IVLI - ANVS AVG or D N IVLIAN - VS P F AVG. Bastien found only a few imitative siliquae of Julian with Lugdunese mintmarks, none particularly reminiscent of our coin: see his p. 147 and pl. XXXII-III, I 134-141