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Solidus - Julianus II VIRTVS EXERCITVS ROMANORVM, Antioch
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Antioch |
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| Year | 361-363 |
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| Value | Solidus (1) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Julian II facing right, the emperor depicted with a short beard characteristic of his reign. The pearl diadem is prominently rendered with multiple rows of beads, and the paludamentum is fastened at the right shoulder with a decorated fibula. The effigy is rendered in high relief with finely engraved hair and facial features. The circumscribed Latin legend reads FL CL IVLIA-NVS P F AVG, distributed around the bust within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Julian II struck this solidus during his campaign to reverse the Christianization of the empire — a project that consumed his brief reign and ended with his death on the Persian front in June 363. The Antioch mint was central to his preparations for that ill-fated eastern campaign against Shapur II, and gold coinage from this period funded one of the largest Roman military mobilizations of the fourth century.
He died of a spear wound near Samarra, reportedly refusing to name a Christian successor.