Description
Antioch, 355-361 AD. AU solidus, 4.47 gr., 20 mm.
Obv.: D N IULIANUS NOB CAES; draped and cuirassed bust of bareheaded Julian II to the right.
Rev.: GLORIA REI PUBLICAE; Roma, helmeted, seated facing on the left, holding spear in her left hand, and Constantinopolis, turreted, seated to left with her right foot on prow on the right, holding sceptre in her left hand, supporting between them a shield decorated with a large eight-rayed star; in exergue: •SMANΔ•.
Ref.: RIC 169 var. (unlisted officina); Depeyrot 11/2. From a European collection before 2005.
Very rare. A highly attractive coin with an impressive portrait. A thin die break and faint scratches on
the obverse, nevertheless, Good Extremely Fine.
