Julian of Pannonia

161, Lot: 273. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian of Pannonia. Usurper, AD 284-285. Æ Antoninianus (21mm, 3.61 g). Siscia mint. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and sceptre; S-B/XXI. RIC V 2. Near VF, rough green surfaces. Rare.

Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Iulianus, was a corrector in Northern Italy under Carus. In AD 284, during the struggles surrounding the succession between Carinus and Diocletian, Julian usurped imperial authority in Pannonia for a brief period, and began issuing coins from Siscia. Carinus marched from his base in Britain to deal with the usurpation, dispatching Julianus early in AD 285 near Verona.