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Bronze Æ 3 - Æ 16-17 mm - 3 grams - Die axis 06:00 - RIC VIII (Sirmium) 81 - Struck AD 355-361.
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DN CL IVLIA-NVS NOB C (Dominus Noster Claudius Julianus Nobilitas Caesar - Our Lord C.J.
the Noble Ceasar) Draped and cuirassed bust of Caesar, hair loose and long in the neck, facing right.
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SPES REI-PVBLICE (Spes Rei Public(a)e - Hope of the State).
Emperor standing, draped (helmeted & cuirassed ?), full front facing left, dressed. With left arm holding spear, upholding orb with right arm.
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BSIRM : B = 2nd Officina, SIRM = Sirmium (near Mitrovica, Kosovo) |
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This is RIC VIII (Sirmium) 81, RIC VIII (Sirmium) 83 has a dot after the SIRM.
Julian, brother of Constantius Gallus, was made Caesar by his brother's murderer, Constantius II.
Constantius Gallus was possibly executed over mismanagement in the east. Constantius II then
assigned him an army and to suppress yet another German invasion. Meeting with succes his soldiers
smlet money and claimed him as Augustus. He never had to fight Constantius II in battle since the
latter's early death (of an illness).
Reversing the growing momentum of Christianity within the empire, Julian attempted to bring back
the old pagan gods and its rituals. Maybe out of personal conviction or out of a need to counter
the Constantines legacy (who had decimated his family). He then had to take his army to deal
with a new round of Persian invasions. He died in 363 from a javelin wound fighting the these.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good - Piece of rim missing from 07:00 - 01:00.
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