Title
Coin: reduced siliqua of Julian the Apostate (Also known as Julian II)
Date
360-363 CE
Creator
Unknown (Roman)
Roman
Coverage
Style/Period: Late Empire
Discovery Site: Minted in Lugdunum (Lyons), France
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Collection: Blockley Collection
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: silver alloy; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 15 mm to 16 mm in diameter, 2.001 grams
Description
Obverse legend: FL(avius) CL(audius) IVLIANVS P(er) P(etuus) AVG(ustus), translation: Flavius Claudius Julianus, eternal Augustus; pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Julian the Apostate (also known as Julian II) facing right. Reverse legend: VOTIS V MVLTIS X, translation: Vows on the fifth anniversary (of the Emperor's rule) and for his tenth anniversary; legend within wreath; mint mark in exergue: LVG. RIC VIII, p. 193, no. 218.
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 986.1.105
Record: UO-MCA-986-1-105
Source
Cataloguer: Karma Tenzin Phuntshok, University of Ottawa
Bibliography: RIC VIII, p. 193, no. 218.
Rights
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