The Usurper Julian of Pannonia

286, Lot: 382. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian of Pannonia. Usurper, AD 284-285. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.76 g, 6h). 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, that on the left holding signum; S//XXIΓ. RIC V 4; Cohen 6; Venèra 4399. Near VF, dark green patina, roughness and minor scratches.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 1321.

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.