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ID number: BIRBI-R3546 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Julian; Constantius II; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 355-360 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.79 Weight (g): 1.94 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 3010. Spink, 1st of October 1955, ex Bagot Collection. |

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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, raising a hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: □L OL IVLIΛ… NCB Δ (Flavius Claudius Julian most noble Caesar). Reverse: ΓEL TNACF □E… (re-establishment of the prosperous times). Mint mark: Γ□ (mint of Lugdunum).
Bibliography: RIC VIII 199 or 200
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