Lot description:
Julian of Pannonia (usurper) Æ Antoninianus. Siscia, AD 284. IMP C M AVR IVLIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding wreath and palm; S-A across fields, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 5; Venèra 4397. 3.07g, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Buy or Bid Sale 205, 18 September 2018, lot 262 (hammer: USD 2,350);
Previously purchased from Harlan Berk, August 1999.
One of the more serious of the 'Thirty Tyrants' described by Roman historians in the Historia Augusta, the revolt of Marcus Aurelius Julianus of Pannonia against Carinus in 284 caused the emperor to march from Britain and lead his army against the rebels near Verona, or perhaps in Illyricum (the sources are unclear), crushing them in early 285. Issued from the mint at Siscia, the coins of Julian of Pannonia are in the same good style that this mint had previously issued in the service of legitimate emperors.
Estimate: 1500 GBP | |