| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients Julian II, as Caesar (AD 360-363). AV solidus (20mm, 4.40 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, edge marks. Antioch, 8th officina, AD 6 November 355-3 November 361. DN IVLIANV-S NOB CAES, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust of Julian II right / GLORIA-REI-PVBLICAE, Roma enthroned facing (on left), head right, spear in left hand, and Constantinopolis enthroned left (on right), scepter in right hand, right foot on prow; supporting between them a shield inscribed with a eight-pointed star; pellet SMANH pellet in exergue. RIC VIII 169b. Depeyrot 11/2. Gleaming surfaces boasting exquisite detail, down to the individual hairs on Julius' head. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XXI (24 March 2021), lot 772; Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 61 (7 October 1982) lot 513. The son of Constantine the Great's half-brother, young Flavius Constantius Julianus barely survived a massacre of his branch of the family in AD 337 and was raised in an atmosphere of austere piety at a remote fortress in Cappadocia. The blood feuds of early Christianity soured him on the faith and made him an admirer of classical learning and paganism. He studied in Athens in the AD 350s and won the friendship and protection of Eusebia, wife of his cousin, the Emperor Constantius II. In AD 355 he became Caesar under Constantius and was tasked with rescuing Gaul, suffering furious barbarian attack. Lacking any experience of soldiery, Julian proved an amazingly quick study and soon led the Roman army to a smashing victory over German invaders at Strasbourg in AD 357. He also reduced taxation and introduced administrative reforms that won him enormous popularity in the West and alarmed the suspicious Constantius. This solidus, struck in Antioch at the outset of his reign as Caesar, shows Julian as a beardless youth dressed for war, a task at which he proved surprisingly adept. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-julian-ii-as-caesar-ad-360-363-av-solidus-20mm-440-gm-6h-ngc-ms-5-5-3-5-fine-style-edge-marks/a/3115-31104.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-12000 USD |  |
