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Æ In the name of Julian II, One star above bull
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 361-400 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Julian II facing right, rendered in a barbarous imitative style. The effigy is encircled by a degenerate, nonsensical legend derived from the imperial prototype, with letter forms degraded and largely illegible. The workmanship reflects a Germanic tribal imitation of the standard late Roman imperial portrait type, retaining the general composition of the original but with noticeably crude execution. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N FD CI IVII SVS P AVG (Translation: Dominus Noster Flavius Claudius Julian Perpetuus Augustus Our Lord, Flavius Claudius Julian, perpetual August) |
| Reverse description | A bull standing left, rendered with broad, heavy lines characteristic of barbarous imitative coinage, with one star visible above in the field. The reverse composition imitates the well-known SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE type of Julian II, featuring the sacred bull associated with his pagan religious program. A partially legible legend surrounds the design, with surviving letters reading [...] PVB ICIS, representing a corrupted rendering of the original Securitas Rei Publicae inscription. The overall execution is coarse, with irregular flan shape and shallow, uneven relief typical of unofficial Germanic tribal struck coinage. |
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