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brm_611749 - JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER Maiorina réduite, (PB, Æ 3)

JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER Maiorina réduite, (PB, Æ 3) XF

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Price : 30.00 €

Type : Maiorina réduite, (PB, Æ 3)

Date: 355-357

Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,43 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, court sur les légendes à l’usure régulière. Belle patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.14 - RIC.- - LRBC.- - RCV.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N IVLIA-[NVS NOB C].

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

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iulianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Notre seigneur Julien très noble césar).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [FEL] TEMP - REPARATIO// M|-// [...].

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 : “Felicitas Temporum Reparatio”, (Le retour des temps heureux).

Commentary

Poids très lourd. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum.
Very heavy weight. Pteryges barely visible under the paludamentum

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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