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ID number: BIRBI-R3505 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Julian; Lugdunum Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 360-363 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.72 Weight (g): 1.99 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 2620. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Julian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CL GL IVBIA NVS PP AVG (Flavius Claudius Julian eternal Augustus). Reverse: VOTIS / V / XVLTIS / X (prayers for 5 years of rule, more for the 10th anniversary). Mint mark: LVG (mint of Lugdunum).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 219
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