Triton XX, Lot: 882. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian II. As Caesar, AD 355-360. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Rome mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 355-357. D N CL IVL IANVS N C, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP RE PARATIO, Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed with an eight-rayed star; RSMS(palm frond). RIC VIII 295; Depeyrot 14/3; Biaggi 2212. Near EF, a few marks and light scratches. Rare.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64 (11 October 1993), lot 797.