Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 939
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Julian of Pannonia. Usurper, AD 284-285. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.70 g, 12h). Siscia mint, 1st officina. Struck December AD 284. IMP C M AVR IVLIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICT ORI A AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath in right hand, and palm frond in left arm; S|A//XXI. RIC V 5; Venèra 4397. Dark brown patina. EF. From the Conti Collection. Ex KD Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 843; Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 570; Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 829.Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Iulianus, was a corrector in Northern Italy under Carus. In AD 284, during the struggles surrounding the succession between Carinus and Diocletian, Julian usurped imperial authority in Pannonia for a brief period and began issuing coins from Siscia. Carinus marched from his base in Britain to deal with the usurpation, dispatching Julianus early in AD 285 near Verona.
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