Julian of Pannonia, Usurper

CNG 94, Lot: 1085. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian of Pannonia. Usurper, AD 284-285. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.75 g, 12h). Siscia mint, 1st officina. Struck December AD 284. IMP C M AVR IVLIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICT ORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; S-A//XXI. RIC V 5; Venèra 4396. Near EF, dark green patina, light cleaning marks, some red and green deposits. Rare.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Rauch 79 (17 November 2006), lot 2501.

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.