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Description: Jovian. AD 363-364. AV Solidus
Title: Solidus of Jovian2 (obverse)
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Author: Jovian. AD 363-364. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.46 g, 12h). Antioch mint, 7th officina. D N IOVIAN VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITA S REI PVBLICAE, Roma, holding spear in left hand, and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, the latter turned to left, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/ V/ MVL/ X in four lines; ANTZ. RIC VIII 222; Depeyrot 18/1; Biaggi 2225 var. (officina); Mazzini 8 var. (same). Lustrous. Choice EF. Rare and exceptional for issue. From the Willamette Valley Collection. Ex Provence Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 1017; Rauch 102 (7 November 2016), lot 564; Künker 273 (14 March 2016), lot 957; Hess-Divo 326 (28 May 2014), lot 120; Numistatica Ars Classica 75 (18 November 2013), lot 345; Classical Numismatic Review XXI.2 (Fall 1996), no. 65; Vinchon (24 April 1996), loy 117; Hermann Vogel Collection (A. Hess 194, 25 March 1929), lot 964.
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