Details
LOT 3597
Julian II AR Siliqua. AD 360-363. Lugdunum mint. 2nd officina.
FL CL IVLIANVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within wreath with jewel at apex; SLVG in exergue. RIC 227; RSC 163†b. Good Very Fine.(2.04gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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