Triton XVIII, Lot: 1252. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian II. As Caesar, AD 355-360. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Antioch mint, 3rd officina. D N IVLIANV S NOB CAES, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REI PVBLICAE, Roma and Constantinopolis enthroned facing, Roma holding a reversed spear in left hand and Constantinopolis, right foot on prow of galley, cradling a globe-tipped scepter in left arm, supporting shield inscribed with an eight-rayed star between them with right hands; •//•SMANΓ•. RIC VIII 171 (unlisted officina); Depeyrot 11 note; DOC –; Biaggi 2213 var. (officina). Good VF, a couple of light scratches on obverse. Rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 699; Walter Niggeler Collection (Part III, Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 2 December 1967), lot 1542.