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Nummus - Julianus II as Caesar FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Arelate
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 335-360 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Julian II as Caesar facing right, portrayed as a youthful prince without diadem, consistent with his subordinate rank. The effigy displays finely rendered hair combed forward in short strands across the brow, with detailed musculature visible on the cuirass pauldron. The surrounding field bears the circumscribed Latin legend DN IVLIANVS NOB CAES, identifying the subject as 'Our Lord Julian, Noble Caesar.' The portrait style is characteristic of mid-fourth-century Constantinian workshop production at the Arelate mint, conveying dynastic legitimacy through restrained, classicizing modeling. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Julian was appointed Caesar by Constantius II in 355 AD, a move driven by military necessity on the Rhine frontier rather than any dynastic affection — Constantius had already executed most of his own family. The Arelate mint, modern Arles, was among the most productive western workshops of the period and struck FEL TEMP REPARATIO bronzes in enormous quantities throughout the 350s, which means condition rather than scarcity is the operative variable for this type.
RIC VIII 271 falls within a series whose sheer volume of output has left scholars debating precise date ranges within the broader 355–360 window of Julian's Caesarship.