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Aureus with bust of Julian I of Pannonia
Roman
Imperial Period
about AD 284
Mint: Pannonia, Siscia
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 2 cm, 4.94 gm (13/16 in., 0.01 lb.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number2019.1979
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: laureate bust of Julian I to right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
IMPCIVLIA NVSPFAVG
Reverse: Libertas standing holding pileus (liberty cap) in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. At right a star.
LIBERTASPVBLICA
IMPCIVLIA NVSPFAVG
Reverse: Libertas standing holding pileus (liberty cap) in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. At right a star.
LIBERTASPVBLICA
ProvenanceBy 1892, probably Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramon (b. 1818 – d. 1894), Barcelona [see note]; December 16-17, 1913, posthumous Quadras y Ramon sale, part II, Hotel Drouot, Paris, probably lot 616. March 19, 1960, anonymous sale (Auction 21), Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Basel, lot 82. April 5-6, 2006, anonymous sale, Numismatica Ars Classica, Zürich, lot 583, to an anonymous private collector; 2019, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)
NOTES:
[1] Catálogo de la Colección de Monedas y Medellas de Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón, vol. 1 (Barcelona, 1892), no. 4387.
NOTES:
[1] Catálogo de la Colección de Monedas y Medellas de Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón, vol. 1 (Barcelona, 1892), no. 4387.