Solidus of Julian II, Antioch | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1942.176.487
People: Julian II, Roman (r. 360 - 363 CE)
Title: Solidus of Julian II, Antioch
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 361-363
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Antioch (Syria)
Period: Roman Imperial period, Late
Culture: Roman
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/183776

Physical Descriptions

Metal

AV

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

3.88 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

solidus

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: FL CL IVLIANVS P P AVG
Reverse Inscription: GLORIA REIPVBLICAE VOT XXX MVLT XXXX

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RIC VIII, Antioch, unlisted

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The George Davis Chase Collection of Roman Coins, Gift of George Davis Chase, Professor of Classics and Dean of Graduate Study at the University of Maine
Accession Year: 1942
Object Number: 1942.176.487
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obverse: Bust of Julian r., cuirassed and diademed.
Reverse: Rome and Constantinople enthroned and facing one another, holding a wreathed inscription (VOT X TIVIT XXXX); SMANI in exergue.

Verification Level

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