The Usurper Julian of Pannonia

258, Lot: 460. Estimate $300. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian of Pannonia. Usurper, AD 284-285. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.23 g, 1h). Siscia mint, 3rd officina. Struck December AD 284. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The two Pannoniae standing facing, each with heads turned outward and left arm outstretched, the latter holding signum; S//XXIΓ. RIC V 4; Venèra 4399. Good Fine, dark brown patina, porous. 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.