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455, Lot: 364. Estimate $750.
Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian II. As Caesar, AD 355-360. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.44 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 8th officina. 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; •//•SMANH•. RIC VIII 171 (unlisted officina); Depeyrot 11 note; DOC –; Biaggi 2213 var. (officina). Toned, a few light marks and scratches. VF. Rare, only three in CoinArchives.


From the J.B. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1545.