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An exceptionally impressive exagium of Julian II with highly interesting iconography
Lot 300
Julian II, 360-363.
Exagium Solidi (Bronze, 21 mm, 4.13 g, 11 h). Half-length facing bust of Julian II, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, raising his right hand in salute before his chest and holding Victory on globe, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left, in his left.
Rev.
EXAGI-VM SOL[I]DI Hand to right, holding scales; below, ivy leaf. Bastien, Buste, pl. 204, 1 = Bendall 1 = MAH 419 = Pondera 4225 (
same dies
). Göbl, Antike Numismatik, pl. 21, 226 (
same dies
). Extremely rare. An exceptionally impressive exagium with highly interesting iconography. Holed and somewhat smoothed
, otherwise,
nearly extremely fine.
The extremely rare
exagia
with Julian's facing portrait are remarkable for their complex iconography. The obverse shows a half-length bust of the emperor; he raises his right hand in salute and holds a Victory on a globe in his left. It has been suggested that the raising of his hand is a gesture of blessing, but that is a Christian anachronism, especially in the case of Julian II. Rather, Julian is shown as a victorious soldier emperor, a cosmocrat crowned by Victory, with the globe symbolizing the
orbis terrarum
, whereas the raising of his right hand is a gesture of address, an
adlocutio
to the populace, particularly to the troops. On the reverse, we find even more straightforward imagery, namely a human hand holding a scale of the very kind used to weigh solidi with
exagia solidi
such as ours.
Estimate:
5000 CHF
Starting price:
4000 CHF
Hammer price:
7500 CHF
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Closing time:
14-May-22, 06:00:00
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Web Auction 18 Part I, lots 249-1704, will be postponed to Sunday, 19 December 2021, 12:04 pm CET due to overloading of the website. Parts II (lots 1705-3322) and III (lots 3323-5000) will take place on Monday, 20 December, and Tuesday, 21 December 2021, starting at 10 am CET. We apologize for the problems.
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