Details
LOT 3239
Julian II BI 25mm. AD 360-363.
Lugdunum mint. Contemporary imitation. D N FL C IVII-ANVᔕ P F HVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ᔕECVRITAƧ REI PVB, bull standing to right with two stars above; LVGDOFD? in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 236. Good Very Fine.(6.15gr, 25mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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