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brm_480131 - JULIAN II THE PHILOSOPHER Silique

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Price : 150.00 €

Type : Silique

Date: 359-360

Mint name / Town : Arles

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,02 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 3e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire présentant un beau revers. Patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

C.154 var. (3f.) - RIC.263 (R2) - RSC.154 b - F.1216 - MRK.153 /9 (180€) - EMA.133 /2-3 - AMA.1371 (2 ex.)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection AJRR

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N IVLIANV-S NOB CAES.

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

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Flavius Claudius Iulianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Flavien Claude Julien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VOTIS/ V/ MVLTIS/ X/ -|-// TCON.

Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes dans une couronne.

Reverse translation : “Votis quinquennalibus/ Multis decennalibus”, (Vœux pour le cinquième anniversaire de règne et pour le dixième à venir).

Commentary

Ptéryges bouletées sous le paludamentum. Ce type semble infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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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