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ID number: BIRBI-R3544 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Julian; Constantius II; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 355-361 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.65 Weight (g): 2.16 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Whitting 1256. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Julian, facing r. draped, cuirassed. Reverse: standing soldier, cuirassed, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand, spearing soldier riding fallen horse.
Inscriptions: Obverse: V D IVLIKWV VT· S I AII (our lord Julian most noble Caesar). Reverse: ...□MP RVPA… (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: not visible.
Bibliography: RIC VIII 189 or 192
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