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ID number: BIRBI-R3539 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Julian; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 361-363 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.79 Weight (g): 8.64 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 1264. Ex Sydenham Collection. Bought from A. H. Baldwin in January 1952, but unclear whether it was Whitting or Sydenham who purchased it then. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Julian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, bearded. Reverse: bull surmounted by two stars.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FL CL IVLI AHVS P F AVC (our lord Flavius Claudius Julian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SECVRITAΓ REPIVB (security of the Republic). Mint mark: [laurel branch] ANT A [laurel branch] (Antioch 1).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 216
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