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Julian II "the Apostate," February 360 - 26 June 363 A.D., Barbaric Imitative
|Julian| |II|, |Julian| |II| |"the| |Apostate,"| |February| |360| |-| |26| |June| |363| |A.D.,| |Barbaric| |Imitative|, The style of this coin is a bit too exotic, even for the Antioch mint. The somewhat blundered mint mark in particular indicates this is almost certainly an ancient counterfeit. Found in Syria.
RL09205. Bronze double maiorina, ancient counterfeit imitative of RIC VIII Antioch 216, Tooled?, unofficial mint, weight 4.80g, maximum diameter 25.6mm, die axis 180o, after 361 A.D.; obverse D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG, diademed draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse SECVRITAS REIPVB (security of the Republic), Apis bull right, two stars above horns, branch ANTΓ branch in exergue; the hair and beard were probably tooled to falsely improve detail, cleaning scratches; SOLD