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ID number: BIRBI-R3530 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Julian; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 361-363 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.97 Weight (g): 3.10 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 1252. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Julian, facing l. cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, bearded, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: inscription surrounded by laurel wreath.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FL CL IVLI ANΓS P F AVC (our lord Flavius Claudius Julian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VOT / X / MVLT / XX (prayers for 10 years of rule, more for the 20th anniversary). Mint mark: [laurel branch] TES A [laurel branch] (Thessalonica 1).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 227
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