v21_3765 - JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER Double maiorina imitation, (GB, Æ 1)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
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Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 400.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Double maiorina imitation, (GB, Æ 1)
Date: c. 362-363
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 8,62 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan étroit, épais et irrégulier, tout en restant lourd. Portrait fortement stylisé. Joli revers, légèrement stylisé. Très jolie patine vert olive. Légendes fortement corrompues des deux côtés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE D N [...]NVS[...].
Obverse description : Buste barbu, diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Julien II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE [...]RITAS R-EI PVB.
Reverse description : Taureau passant à droite surmonté de deux étoiles.
Commentary
Les imitations de double maiorina restent rares pour Julien II. Sur cet exemplaire, le diadème perlé a été privilégié et barre le portrait de Julien. Le revers est moins stylisé en dehors de la légende, l’animal est néanmoins disproportionné et fait penser à une vache sacrée “indienne”.
Double maiorina imitations remain rare for Julian II. On this example, the pearl diadem was favored and bars the portrait of Julian. The reverse is less stylized apart from the legend, the animal is nevertheless disproportionate and reminiscent of an “Indian” sacred cow.
Double maiorina imitations remain rare for Julian II. On this example, the pearl diadem was favored and bars the portrait of Julian. The reverse is less stylized apart from the legend, the animal is nevertheless disproportionate and reminiscent of an “Indian” sacred cow.
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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