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Siscia RIC 424 Jovian AE3. DN IOVIAN-VS PF AVG,
pearl diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right / VOT V
in wreath, BSISC in ex. Coin #164
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Jovian , RIC VIII 119 Sirmium, 363-364 CEJovian AE3
Obverse: DN IOVIA NVS PF AVG, rosette diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VOT V, MVLT X within wreath on 4 lines.
BSIRM in ex. Sirmium mint, 20.7 mm, 2.8 g.NORMAN K

(0363) JOVIAN363 - 364 AD
AE 20 mm 3.58 g
O: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
DIAD DR BUST L
R: VOT/V WITHIN WREATH
HERAC IN EXE
HERACLEA
RIC VII 108 (SCARCE)laney

(0363) JOVIAN363 - 364 AD
AE 19 mm 2.29 g
O: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG diademed draped cuirassed bust left
R: VOT V MVLT X in 3 lines within wreath; HERAC in exe.
Heraclea mintlaney

(0363) JOVIAN363 - 364 AD
AE 19.5 mm; 2.77 g
O: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
DIAD DR BUST L
R: VOT/V WITHIN WREATH
HERACB IN EXE
HERACLEA; RIC 108 (scarce)
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(0363) JOVIAN363 - 364 AD
AE 19 mm 2.29 g
O: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG diademed draped cuirassed bust left
R: VOT V MVLT X in 3 lines within wreath; HERAC in exe.
Heraclea mintlaney

(0363) JOVIAN363 - 364 AD
AE 17.5 mm; 2.01g
O: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
DIAD DR BUST L
R: VOT/V WITHIN WREATH
HERACLEA; cf RIC 108 (scarce)laney

013 - Jovian (363-364), AE3 - RIC 118AObv: DN IOVIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT / V / MULT / X within wreath.
Minted in Sirmium (ASIRM in exe), first officina, 363-364 AD.pierre_p77

0304 Jovian - AE 3Sirmium
27.6.363 - 17.2.364 AD
pearl-diademed draped and cuirassed bust right
D N IOVIA_NVS P F AVG
within wreath:
VOT / V / MVLT / X
ASIRM
RIC VIII Sirmium 118
2,32g 18,5mmJ. B.

098a. JovianAugustus June 363-February 364.

Hastily made emperor by soldiers after death of Julian II. Reinstated Christianity as the official religion. Due to the situation, made a bad peace with the Sasanids. Subsequently either died or was killed while travelling.
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098a01. Jovian AE3. 18mm. Ovv: DN IOVIA-NVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VOT V MVLT X in four lines across field within wreath. Mintmark BSIRM. LRBC 1623. RIC VIII Sirmium 118; Sear 19229.lawrence c

098a02. JovianAE3. 19mm, 4.70 g. Siscia. 363-364 AD. Obv: DN IOVIA-NVS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VOT V MVLT X in four lines within wreath, mintmark ASISC. LRBC 1267; RIC VIII Siscia 426; Sear 19228.lawrence c

098a03. JovianAE1. 30.2mm, 9.163 g. 1st officina, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, 27 Jun 363 - 17 Feb 364 A.D.
Obv: D N IOVIANVS P F P P AVG (Our lord Jovianus, dutiful, fortunate, father of the coutntry, emperor), pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIA ROMANORVM (to Roman victory), Jovian standing facing, head right, labarum (Chi-Rho Christogram Standard) in right hand, Victory on globe in left hand offering him and Chi-Rho standard, •TESA• in exergue; rare with pearl diadem. RIC VIII Thessalonica 236 (R), SRCV V 19213, Cohen VIII 23, LRBC II 1700 var. (rosette diademed). A FORUM coin.lawrence c

11 - Personalities of the Empire
Magnentius, Decentius, Vetranius, Constantius Gallo, Julian II, Jovian, Valentinianus I, Valens, Procopius, Gratianus, Valentinianus II, Theodosius I, Aelia Flacilla and Magnus Maximus mdelvalle

137a Jovian. AE3 3.4gmobv: DN IOVIA_NVS PF AVG pearl dia. drp. cuir. bust r.
rev:VOT/V/MVLT/X in laur. wreath
ex: BSIRMhill132

1410a, Jovian, 27 June 363 - 17 February 364 A.D.Bronze AE 3, RIC 179, aVF, Constantinople, 3.126g, 21.6mm, 180o. Obverse: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left; Reverse: VOT V MVLT X within wreath, CONSPG in exergue; scarce.

Flavius Jovianuswas born in 331 at Singidunum, modern Belgrade. His distinguished father, Varronianus, had been a tribune of the legion Ioviani and a comes domesticorum, perhaps under Constantius II, who had retired to private life shortly before Jovian's elevation to the purple. Jovian married a daughter of Lucillianus, perhaps named Charito, and by her produced at least two children.

Jovian himself was a protector domesticus under Constantius II and Julian and, under Julian, primicerius domesticorum. Various Christian sources maintain that Jovian's Christianity led to his deposition by Julian, though most modern scholars dismiss this as ex post facto Christian apologetic. Jovian, recalled to the ranks if he had ever been dismissed, marched with Julian against Sapor in 363, and on 27 June, the day after that emperor's death, was acclaimed Augustus.

Ammianus and Zosimus, among others, detail the difficult straits of the Roman army during its withdrawal from Persian territory, Ammianus from the perspective of a proud soldier confident even in defeat of the superiority of Roman arms, Zosimus, in a much shorter and confused version, concentrating on the predicament of Jovian's troops and on the dire effects to the empire of the peace terms agreed to with Sapor. These terms entailed the cessation to Persia of Roman territory beyond the Tigris -- the cities of Singara and Nisibis, however, to be surrendered on the condition of the safe passage of their inhabitants -- and the guarantee of the neutrality of Rome's ally Arsaces, King of Armenia, in the event of future hostilities between Roman and Persia. Ammianus asserts that in agreeing to these terms Jovian misjudged his tactical strength and wasted an opportunity presented by negotiations with Sapor to move his forces closer to supplies at Corduena, and that Jovian acted on the advise of flatterers to preserve the fighting strength of his forces in the event of an attempt by Julian's relative Procopius to seize the throne. Others present the treaty terms as unavoidable given the Roman predicament.

Jovian appears to have treaded cautiously with regard to religious matters during the early months of his reign. Eunapius says that Jovian continued to honor Maximus and Priscus, the Neoplatonist advisors of Julian, and, upon reaching Tarsus, Jovian performed funeral rites for Julian. Nonetheless, various Christians, most notably Athanasius, took the initiative in an effort to gain Jovian's favor and support. An adherent of the Nicaean creed, Jovian did eventually recall various bishops of homoousian disposition and restore to their followers churches lost under earlier emperors. But in spite of such measures, unity among various Christian sects seems to have been the foremost concern of Jovian, whose ipsissima verba Socrates Scholasticus purports to give: "I abhor contentiousness, but love and honor those hurrying towards unanimity" (Hist. Eccl. 3.25).

Jovian died at the age of thirty-two on 17 February 364 at Dadastana on the boundary of Bithynia and Galatia. The cause of his death was most probably natural and is variously attributed to overeating, the consumption of poisonous mushrooms, or suffocation from fumes of charcoal or of the fresh paint on the room in which he was sleeping. Ammianus' comparison of the circumstances of Jovian's death to those of Scipio Aemilianus suggest the possibility of foul play, as does John of Antioch's reference to a poisoned rather than a poisonous mushroom, while John Chrysostom -- in a highly suspect literary context of consolatio-- asserts outright that the emperor was murdered. Eutropius records that he was enrolled among the gods, inter Divos relatus est. Zonaras says he was buried in the Church of the Holy Apostles and that his wife, Charito, was eventually laid to rest beside him.

Ancient authors agree that Jovian was of modest intellect but imposing physique and disposed to excessive eating and drinking.

By Thomas Banchich, Canisius College
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.

Edited By J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.

Cleisthenes

1501s, Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. (Siscia)Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D., Bronze AE 3, S 4103, VF, Siscia mint, 2.012g, 18.7mm, 180o, 24 Aug 367 - 17 Nov 375 A.D.obverse D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, wreath in right and palm in left, symbols in fields, mintmark in exergue.

De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families

Valentinian I (364-375 AD.)

Walter E. Roberts, Emory University

Valentinian was one of Rome's last great warrior emperors. Flavius Valentinianus, was born in A.D. 321 at Cibalis (modern Vinkovci) in southern Pannonia. His father Gratian was a soldier renowned for his strength and wrestling skills. Gratian had an illustrious career in the army, rising from staff officer to tribune, to comes Africae, and finally [i/comes Britanniae.

The emperor Jovian died on 17 February 364, apparently of natural causes, on the border between Bithynia and Galatia. The army marched on to Nicaea, the nearest city of any consequence, and a meeting of civil and military officials was convened to choose a new emperor. The assembly finally agreed upon Valentinian.

On 26 February 364, Valentinian accepted the office offered to him. As he prepared to make his accession speech, the soldiers threatened to riot, apparently uncertain as to where his loyalties lay. Valentinian reassured them that the army was his greatest priority. Furthermore, to prevent a crisis of succession if he should die prematurely, he agreed to pick a co-Augustus. According to Ammianus, the soldiers were astounded by Valentinian’s bold demeanor and his willingness to assume the imperial authority. His decision to elect a fellow-emperor could also be construed as a move to appease any opposition among the civilian officials in the eastern portion of the empire. By agreeing to appoint a co-ruler, he assured the eastern officials that someone with imperial authority would remain in the east to protect their interests. After promoting his brother Valens to the rank of tribune and putting him in charge of the royal stables on March 1, Valentinian selected Valens as co-Augustus at Constantinople on 28 March 364, though this was done over the objections of Dagalaifus. Ammianus makes it clear, however, that Valens was clearly subordinate to his brother.

Ammianus and Zosimus as well as modern scholars praise Valentinian for his military accomplishments. He is generally credited with keeping the Roman empire from crumbling away by “. . . reversing the generally waning confidence in the army and imperial defense . . ..” Several other aspects of Valentinian's reign also set the course of Roman history for the next century.

Valentinian deliberately polarized Roman society, subordinating the civilian population to the military. The military order took over the old prestige of the senatorial nobility. The imperial court, which was becoming more and more of a military court, became a vehicle for social mobility. There were new ideas of nobility, which was increasingly provincial in character. By this it is meant that the imperial court, not the Senate, was the seat of nobility, and most of these new nobles came from the provinces. With the erosion of the old nobility, the stage was set for the ascendancy of Christianity. Ammianus makes it clear that actions such as these were part of a systematic plan by Valentinian to erode the power and prestige of the senatorial aristocracy. Several pieces of extant legislation seem to confirm Ammianus’ allegations that Valentinian was eroding senatorial prestige.

Valentinian's reign affords valuable insights into late Roman society, civilian as well as military. First, there was a growing fracture between the eastern and western portions of the empire. Valentinian was the last emperor to really concentrate his resources on the west. Valens was clearly in an inferior position in the partnership. Second, there was a growing polarization of society, both Christian versus pagan, and civil versus military. Finally there was a growing regionalism in the west, driven by heavy taxation and the inability of Valentinian to fully exercise military authority in all areas of the west. All of these trends would continue over the next century, profoundly reshaping the Roman empire and western Europe.

By Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.1 commentsCleisthenes

1501s, Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. (Siscia)Valentinian I, 25 February 364 - 17 November 375 A.D. Bronze AE 3, RIC 5(a) ii, VF, Siscia, 1.905g, 19.3mm, 0o, 25 Feb 364 - 24 Aug 367 A.D. Obverse: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor dragging captive with right, labarum (chi-rho standard) in left, •GSISC in exergue.

De Imperatoribus Romanis, An Online Encyclopedia of the Roman Emperors and their Families

Valentinian I (364-375 AD.)

Walter E. Roberts, Emory University

Valentinian was one of Rome's last great warrior emperors. Flavius Valentinianus, was born in A.D. 321 at Cibalis (modern Vinkovci) in southern Pannonia. His father Gratian was a soldier renowned for his strength and wrestling skills. Gratian had an illustrious career in the army, rising from staff officer to tribune, to comes Africae, and finally [i/comes Britanniae.

The emperor Jovian died on 17 February 364, apparently of natural causes, on the border between Bithynia and Galatia. The army marched on to Nicaea, the nearest city of any consequence, and a meeting of civil and military officials was convened to choose a new emperor. The assembly finally agreed upon Valentinian.

On 26 February 364, Valentinian accepted the office offered to him. As he prepared to make his accession speech, the soldiers threatened to riot, apparently uncertain as to where his loyalties lay. Valentinian reassured them that the army was his greatest priority. Furthermore, to prevent a crisis of succession if he should die prematurely, he agreed to pick a co-Augustus. According to Ammianus, the soldiers were astounded by Valentinian’s bold demeanor and his willingness to assume the imperial authority. His decision to elect a fellow-emperor could also be construed as a move to appease any opposition among the civilian officials in the eastern portion of the empire. By agreeing to appoint a co-ruler, he assured the eastern officials that someone with imperial authority would remain in the east to protect their interests. After promoting his brother Valens to the rank of tribune and putting him in charge of the royal stables on March 1, Valentinian selected Valens as co-Augustus at Constantinople on 28 March 364, though this was done over the objections of Dagalaifus. Ammianus makes it clear, however, that Valens was clearly subordinate to his brother.

Ammianus and Zosimus as well as modern scholars praise Valentinian for his military accomplishments. He is generally credited with keeping the Roman empire from crumbling away by “. . . reversing the generally waning confidence in the army and imperial defense . . ..” Several other aspects of Valentinian's reign also set the course of Roman history for the next century.

Valentinian deliberately polarized Roman society, subordinating the civilian population to the military. The military order took over the old prestige of the senatorial nobility. The imperial court, which was becoming more and more of a military court, became a vehicle for social mobility. There were new ideas of nobility, which was increasingly provincial in character. By this it is meant that the imperial court, not the Senate, was the seat of nobility, and most of these new nobles came from the provinces. With the erosion of the old nobility, the stage was set for the ascendancy of Christianity. Ammianus makes it clear that actions such as these were part of a systematic plan by Valentinian to erode the power and prestige of the senatorial aristocracy. Several pieces of extant legislation seem to confirm Ammianus’ allegations that Valentinian was eroding senatorial prestige.

Valentinian's reign affords valuable insights into late Roman society, civilian as well as military. First, there was a growing fracture between the eastern and western portions of the empire. Valentinian was the last emperor to really concentrate his resources on the west. Valens was clearly in an inferior position in the partnership. Second, there was a growing polarization of society, both Christian versus pagan, and civil versus military. Finally there was a growing regionalism in the west, driven by heavy taxation and the inability of Valentinian to fully exercise military authority in all areas of the west. All of these trends would continue over the next century, profoundly reshaping the Roman empire and western Europe.

By Walter E. Roberts, Emory University
Published: De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and their Families http://www.roman-emperors.org/startup.htm. Used by permission.

Edited by J. P. Fitzgerald, Jr.Cleisthenes

154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Constantinoplis, RIC VIII 179A, AE-3, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, -/-//CONSPA, Scarce! #1154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Constantinoplis, RIC VIII 179A, AE-3, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, -/-//CONSPA, Scarce! #1
avers: D N IOVIA NVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, Jv2-D3l.
revers: No legend, wreath VOT/V/MVLT/X within,
exergue: -/-//CONSPA, diameter: 19,5-20,5mm, weight: 2,96g, axis: 0h,
mint: Constantinoplis, 1st.off., date: 363-64 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 179A, p-394, Scarce!
Q-001quadrans

154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Sirmium, RIC VIII 118, AE-3, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, -/-//ASIRM, Scarce! #1154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Sirmium, RIC VIII 118, AE-3, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, -/-//ASIRM, Scarce! #1
avers: D N IOVIA NVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, Jv1-D3.
reverse: No legend, wreath VOT/V/MVLT/X within,
exergue: -/-//ASIRM, diameter: 20-21mm, weight: 4,16g, axis: 6h,
mint: Sirmium, 1st.off., date: 363-64 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 118, p-394, Scarce!
Q-001quadrans

154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Sirmium, RIC VIII 119, AE-3, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, -/-//BSIRM, Scarce! #1154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Sirmium, RIC VIII 119, AE-3, VOT/V/MVLT/X, in wreath, -/-//BSIRM, Scarce! #1
avers: D N IOVIA NVS P F AVG, Rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, Jv1-D4.
reverse: No legend, wreath VOT/V/MVLT/X within,
exergue: -/-//BSIRM, diameter: 19,5mm, weight: 3,40, axis: 1h,
mint: Sirmium, 2nd.off., date: 363-64 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 119, p-394, Scarce!
Q-001quadrans

154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Sirmium, RIC VIII 234, AE-1, VICTORIA ROMANORVM, -/-//TESΓ, Jovian standing front, Scarce! #1154 Jovianus (363-364 A.D.), Sirmium, RIC VIII 234, AE-1, VICTORIA ROMANORVM, -/-//TESΓ, Jovian standing front, Scarce! #1
avers: D N IOVIA NVS P F AVG, Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
reverse: VICTORIA ROMANORVM, Jovian standing front, head right, holding Victory and labarum.
exergue: -/-//TESΓ, diameter: 28,0-29,0mm, weight: 6,32g, axis: 5h,
mint: Thessalonica, date: 363-64 A.D.,
ref: RIC VIII 234, p-, Scarce!
Q-001quadrans

186. Jovian (363-364 A.D.)Av.: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
Rv.: VOT V MVLT X
Ex.: ASIRM

AE Follis Ø19 / 3.3g
RIC VIII 118 Sirmium

194 – IOVIANFlavius Jovianus was Roman emperor from June 363 to February 364.

for obverse, reverse and coin details click here
shanxi

1ei Constans337-350

AE3

RIC 93

Rosette diademed, draped & cuirassed bust, right, CONSTANS P F AVG
Two soldiers standing to either side of one standard with chi-rho on banner, GLORIA EXERCITVS, [A]SIS-crescent in ex.

Constans received Italy, Africa, and the Balkans when the empire was divided. He took charge of the remainder of the West after Constantine II imprudently attacked him in 340. Zosimus recorded, "Constans, having thus removed his brother, exercised every species of cruelty toward his subjects, exceeding the most intolerable tyranny. He purchased some well favoured Barbarians, and had others with him as hostages, to whom he gave liberty to harrass his subjects as they pleased, in order to gratify his vicious disposition. In this manner he reduced all the nations that were subject to him to extreme misery. This gave uneasiness to the court guards, who perceiving that he was much addicted to hunting placed themselves under the conduct of Marcellinus prefect of the treasury, and Magnentius who commanded the Joviani and Herculiani (two legions so termed), and formed a plot against him in the following manner. Marcellinus reported that he meant to keep the birth-day of his sons, and invited many of the superior officers to a feast. Amongst the rest Magnentius rose from table and left the room; he presently returned, and as it were in a drama stood before them clothed in an imperial robe. Upon this all the guests saluted him with the title of king, and the inhabitants of Augustodunum, where it was done, concurred in the same sentiment. This transaction being rumoured abroad, the country people flocked into the city; while at the same time a party of Illyrian cavalry who came to supply the Celtic legions, joined themselves with those that were concerned in the enterprize. When the officers of the army were met together, and heard the leaders of the conspiracy proclaim their new emperor, they scarcely knew the meaning of it; they all, however, joined in the acclamation, and saluted Magnentius with the appellation of Augustus. When this became known to Constans, he endeavoured to escape to a small town called Helena, which lies near the Pyrenean mountains. He was taken by Gaison, who was sent with some other select persons for that purpose, and being destitute of all aid, was killed. "Blindado

1eo Jovian363-364

AE 3, Heraclea

Diademed bust left, draped & cuirassed, D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
VOT V MVLT X in wreath, Mintmark HERACA

RIC 110A

Zosimus recorded: A meeting of the officers and soldiers was afterwards convened, in order to appoint a successor to the empire : since it would be impossible for them without a ruler to avoid the dangers to which they were exposed in the midst of an enemy's country. The general voice was in favour of Jovianus, the son of Varronianus, tribune of the domestic forces. When Jovian had assumed the purple and the diadem, he directed his course homewards with all possible speed. . . . They then marched forward four days, continually harassed by the enemy, who followed them when they were proceeding, but fled when the Romans offered any resistance. At length, having gained some distance of the enemy, they resolved to crops the Tigris. For this purpose they fastened skins together, and floated over. When the greater part had gained the opposite bank, the commanders crossed over in safety with the remainder. The Persians, however, still accompanied them, and followed them with a large army so assiduously, that the Romans were in perpetual danger, both from the unfavourable circumstances in which they were placed, and from the want, of provisions. Although the Roman army was in this condition, the Persians were willing to treat for peace, and for that purpose sent Surenas with other |90 officers to the Roman camp. Jovian, upon hearing this, sent to them Sallustius, prefect of the court, together with Aristaeus, who, after some discussion, agreed on a truce for thirty years. The conditions were, that the Romans should give up to the Persians the country of the Rabdiceni, and that of the Candueni, Rhemeni, and Zaleni, besides fifteen castles in those provinces, with the inhabitants, lands, cattle, and all their property ; that Nisibis should be surrendered without its inhabitants, who were to be transplanted into whatever colony the Remans pleased. The Persians also deprived the Romans of great part of Armenia, leaving them but a very small part of it. The truce having been concluded on these conditions, and ratified on both sides, the Romans had an opportunity of returning home unmolested, neither party offering or sustaining any injury, either by open force; or secret machination.

Jovian marched through all the towns in great speed, because they were so filled with grief [because they were being given over to Persian rule], that the inhabitants could not look patiently on him; such being the custom and disposition of those countries. Taking with him the imperial guard, he proceeded to Antioch. . . . Jovian now turning his attention to the affairs of government, made various arrangements, and sent Lucilianus his father-in-law, Procopius, and Valentinian, who was afterwards emperor, to the armic.s in Pannoriia, to inform them of the death of Julian, and of his being chosen emperor. The Bavarians who were at Sirmium, and were left there for its protection, as soon as they received the news, put to death Lucilianus who brought such unwelcome intelligence, without regard to his relationship to the emperor. Such was the respect they had to Jovian's relations, that Valentinian himself only escaped from the death they intended to inflict on him. Jovianus proceeding from Antioch towards Constantinople, suddenly fell sick at Dadostana in Bithynia, and died after a reign of eight months, in which short time he had not been able to render the public any essential service.
Blindado

1eq Valens364-378

AE 3, Siscia

Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, D N VALENS P F AVG
Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, SECVRITAS REIPUBLICAE. Mintmark dot ASISC.

RIC 7b

Zosimus recorded: [Valentinian was an experienced military man, but] Valens was surrounded with disquietude on every side, having always lived inactively, and having been raised to the empire suddenly. He could not indeed sustain the weight of business. He was disturbed, not by the Persians only, who were elated with their prosperity, which had increased since their truce with Jovian. They made incursions on the provinces without controul, since Nisibis was in their possession, and by distressing the eastern towns, constrained the emperor to march against them. On his departure from Constantinople, the rebellion of Procopius commenced. . . .

{With Valentiniand dead,] Valens was inundated with wars on every side. . . . [Valens' advisers] persuaded him to |107 march forward with his whole army; that the Barbarians were almost destroyed, and the emperor might gain a victory without trouble. Their counsel, though the least prudent, so far prevailed, that the emperor led forth his whole army without order. The Barbarians resolutely opposed them, and gained so signal a victory, that they slew all, except a few with whom the emperor fled into an unfortified village. The Barbarians, therefore, surrounded the place with a quantity of wood, which they set on fire. All who had fled thither, together with the inhabitants, were consumed in the tlames, and in such a manner, that the body of the emperor could never be found.Blindado

1er Procopius365-366

AE3

Diademed, draped & cuirassed bust left, D N PROCOPIVS P F AVG
Procopius standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right hand, left resting on shield set on the ground; Chi-rho in upper right field & unidentified object in left at foot; mintmark CONS Gamma.

RIC 17a

Zosimus tells us: On [Valens'] departure from Constantinople, the rebellion of Procopius commenced. This person had been intrusted by Julian, being one of his relations, with a part of his forces, and had been charged to march with Sebastianus through Adiabene, and to meet Julian, who took another route. Permission, moreover, was given him to wear a purple robe, for a reason which no other person was acquainted with. But the deity being pleased to ordain it otherwise, and Jovian having succeeded to the imperial dignity, Procopius immediately delivered up the imperial robe which he had received from Julian, confessing why it had been given to him, and entreating the emperor to absolve him from his military oath, and to allow him to live in retirement, and to attend to agriculture and his own private affairs. Having obtained this, he went with his wife and children to Caesarea in Cappadocia, intending to reside in that place, where he possessed a valuable estate. During his abode there, Valentinian and Valens being made emperors, and being suspicious of him, sent persons to take him into custody. In that they found no difficulty, for he surrendered himself voluntarily; and desired them to carry him wherever they pleased, if they would suffer him first to see his children. To this they consented, and he prepared an entertainment for them. When he perceived them to be intoxicated, he and his family fled towards the Taurica Chersonesus. Having remained there for some time, he found the inhabitants to he a faithless race, and was apprehensive lest they should deliver him to his persecutors. He, therefore, put himself and his family on board a trading vessel, and arrived in the night at Constantinople. He there resided in the house of an old acquaintance, and making observations on the state of the city after the departure of the emperor, he attempted to raise himself to the empire, and formed his design on the following incident.

A eunuch, named Eugenius, had not long before been discharged from the court, who entertained but little friendship for the emperors. Procopius therefore won this man to his interest. . . . Their first attempt was to bribe the court guards, which consisted of two legions. Then arming the slaves, and collecting with ease a considerable multitude, chiefly volunteers, they sent them in the night into the city, and occasioned a general commotion; the people issuing from their houses, and gazing on Procopiusas on a king made in a theatre. But the city being in general confusion, and no person being sufficiently collected in mind by reason of the surprise to know how to act, Procopius imagined his design to be still undiscovered, and that he might secure the empire if the enterprise were no further revealed. Having then seized on Cesarius, whom the emperors had made prefect of the city, and on Nebridius, who was appointed to succeed Sallustius in tbe prefecture of the court, he compelled them to write to the subjects of the empire whatever he wished. He also kept them separate, that they might not consult with each other. Having formed these projects, he proceeded in a splendid manner towards the palace. Ascending a tribunal before the gate, he gave the people great hopes and promises. He then entered the palace to provide for the remainder of his affairs.

The new emperors having divided the army between them, Procopius determined to send persons to the soldiers, who were as yet in confusion, and went by the command of the emperors from place to place without any order. He thus hoped to seduce some of them to his party. Nor did he fail of accomplishing his purpose with ease by distributing money amongst the soldiers and their officers; by which means he collected a considerable force, and prepared to make an open attack on the enemy. Procopius then sent Marcellus into Bithynia with an army against Serenianus and the imperial cavalry that was under his command, in hope of cutting them to pieces. This force having fled to Cyzicus, Marcellus, whose army was superior to theirs both by sea and land, took possession of that town; and having taken Serenianus, who fled into Lydia, put him to death. Procopius was so elevated by this fortunate commencement, that his forces considerably augmented, many being of opinion that he was able to contend with the emperors. Both the Roman legions and the Barbarian troops now flocked to his standard. Besides the reputation of being related to Julian, and of having accompanied him in all the wars he had ever been engaged in, attracted many partizans. He likewise sent ambassadors to the chief of Scythia beyond the Ister, who sent to his assistance ten thousand men. The other Barbarian nations likewise sent auxiliaries to share in the expedition. Procopius however considered that it would be imprudent in him to engage with both emperors together, and therefore thought it best to advance against him who was nearest, and afterwards deliberate on what course to pursue.

Thus was Procopius employed; while the emperor Valens, who heard of this insurrection at Galatia in Phrygia, was filled with consternation at the news. Arbitrio having encouraged him not to despair, he prepared the troops that were with him for war, and sent to his brother to inform him of the designs of Procopius. Valentinian however was little disposed for sending auxiliaries to one who was incapable of defending the empire committed to his charge. Valens was therefore under the necessity of. preparing for war, and appointed Arbitrio to the command of his army. When the armies were ready to engage, Arbitrio circumvented Procopius by a stratagem, and thereby seduced from him a great number of his men, from whom he received previous information of the designs of Procopius. On the advance of the emperor and Procopius towards each other, the two armies met near Thyatira. Procopius at first appeared to have the advantage, by which he would have gained the supreme authority, Hormisdas in the engagement having overpowered the enemy. But Gomarius, another of the commanders of Procopius, imparting his intention to all the soldiers of Procopius who were attached to the emperor, in the midst of the battle cried out Augustus, and gave a signal for them to imitate his example. Thus the most of the troops of Procopius went over to Valens.

After having obtained this victory, Valens marched to Sardes, and from thence into Phrygia, where he found Procopius in a town called Nacolia. Affairs having been ordered for the advantage of the emperor by Naplo, an officer of Procopius, Valens again prevailed, and took him prisoner, and soon afterwards Marcellus, both of whom he put to death. Blindado

22022 Jovian/Vot VJovian, Antioch. 363-364 AD
Obv: DN IOVIAN-VS PF AVG
pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT V
within wreath.
ANTB in Exergue
Mint: Antioch 18.6mm 2.8g
RIC VIII Antioch 230; Sear 19221
Blayne W

363-364 AD - Jovian - RIC VIII Aquileia 247 - VOT / V / MVLT / XEmperor: Jovian (r. 363-364 AD)
Date: 363-364 AD
Condition: aVF
Size: AE2

Obverse: D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG
Our Lord Jovian Dutiful and Wise Emperor
Bust right; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed

Reverse: VOT / V / MVLT / X in four lines within laurel wreath.
Because of the vows, 5 years; through more vows, 10 years.
Exergue: AQVILP (Aquileia mint, first officina)

RIC VIII Aquileia 247; VM 13
2.67g; 21.9mm; 180°Pep

363-364 AD - Jovian - RIC VIII Sirmium 118 - VOT / V / MVLT / XEmperor: Jovian (r. 363-364 AD)
Date: 363-364 AD
Condition: Very Fine
Size: AE3

Obverse: DN IOVIA-NVS P F AVG
Our Lord Jovian Dutiful and Wise Emperor
Bust right; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed

Reverse: VOT / V / MVLT / X
Legend within wreath.
Because of the vows, 5 years; through more vows, 10 years.
Exergue: (A or B)SIRM (Sirmium mint, first or second officina)

RIC VIII Sirmium 118; VM 13
2.42g; 19.2mm; 180°Pep

509. Jovian09. Jovian39 viewsJovian was born at Singidunum in A.D. 330, the son of the commander of Constantius II's imperial bodyguards. He also joined the guards and by A.D. 363 had risen to the post that his father had once held. He accompanied the Roman Emperor Julian on the disastrous Mesopotamian campain of the same year against Shapur II, the Sassanid king. After a small but decisive engagement the Roman army was forced to retreat from the numerically superior Persian force. Julian had been mortally wounded during the retreat and Jovian seized his chance. Some accounts have it that on Julian's death Jovian's soldiers called out "Jovianus!" The cry was mistaken for "Julianus", and the army cheered Jovian, briefly under the illusion that the slain Emperor had recovered from his wound.

Shapur pressed his advantage and Jovian, deep inside Sassanid territory, was forced to sue for peace on very unfavourable terms. In exchange for safety he agreed to withdraw from the provinces east of the Tigris that Diocletian had annexed and allow the Persians to occupy the fortresses of Nisbis, Castra Maurorum and Singara. the King of Armenia, Arsaces, was to stay neutral in future conflicts between the two empires, and was forced to cede some of his kingdom to Shapur. The treaty was seen as a disgrace and Jovian rapidly lost popularity.

After arriving at Antioch Jovian decided to hurry to Constantinople to consolidate his position.

Jovian was a Christian, in contrast to his predecessor Julian the Apostate, who had attempted a revival of paganism. He died on February 17, 364 after a reign of eight months.

Jovian AE3. D N IOVIA NVS P F AVG, diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right / VOT V MVLT X inside wreathecoli

510. Valentinian IFlavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, (321 - November 17, 375) was a Roman Emperor (364 - 375). He was born at Cibalis, in Pannonia, the son of a successful general, Gratian the Elder.

He had been an officer of the Praetorian guard under Julian and Jovian, and had risen high in the imperial service. Of robust frame and distinguished appearance, he possessed great courage and military capacity. After the death of Jovian, he was chosen emperor in his forty-third year by the officers of the army at Nicaea in Bithynia on February 26, 364, and shortly afterwards named his brother Valens colleague with him in the empire.

The two brothers, after passing through the chief cities of the neighbouring district, arranged the partition of the empire at Naissus (Nissa) in Upper Moesia. As Western Roman Emperor, Valentinian took Italia, Illyricum, Hispania, the Gauls, Britain and Africa, leaving to Eastern Roman Emperor Valens the eastern half of the Balkan peninsula, Greece, Aegyptus, Syria and Asia Minor as far as Persia. They were immediately confronted by the revolt of Procopius, a relative of the deceased Julian. Valens managed to defeat his army at Thyatria in Lydia in 366, and Procopius was executed shortly afterwards.

During the short reign of Valentinian there were wars in Africa, in Germany and in Britain, and Rome came into collision with barbarian peoples never of heard before, specifically the Burgundians, and the Saxons.

Valentinian's chief work was guarding the frontiers and establishing military positions. Milan was at first his headquarters for settling the affairs of northern Italy. The following year (365) Valentinian was at Paris, and then at Reims, to direct the operations of his generals against the Alamanni. These people, defeated at Scarpona (Charpeigne) and Catelauni (Châlons-en-Champagne) by Jovinus, were driven back to the German bank of the Rhine, and checked for a while by a chain of military posts and fortresses. At the close of 367, however, they suddenly crossed the Rhine, attacked Moguntiacum (Mainz) and plundered the city. Valentinian attacked them at Solicinium (Sulz am Neckar, in the Neckar valley, or Schwetzingen) with a large army, and defeated them with great slaughter. But his own losses were so considerable that Valentinian abandoned the idea of following up his success.

Later, in 374, Valentinian made peace with their king, Macrianus, who from that time remained a true friend of the Romans. The next three years he spent at Trier, which he chiefly made his headquarters, organizing the defence of the Rhine frontier, and personally superintending the construction of numerous forts.

During his reign the coasts of Gaul were harassed by the Saxon pirates, with whom the Picts and Scots of northern Britain joined hands, and ravaged the island from the Antonine Wall to the shores of Kent. In 368 Count Theodosius was sent to drive back the invaders; in this he was completely successful, and established a new British province, called Valentia in honour of the emperor.

In Africa, Firmus, raised the standard of revolt, being joined by the provincials, who had been rendered desperate by the cruelty and extortions of Comes Romanus, the military governor. The services of Theodosius were again requisitioned. He landed in Africa with a small band of veterans, and Firmus, to avoid being taken prisoner, committed suicide.

In 374 the Quadi, a Germanic tribe in what is now Moravia and Slovakia, resenting the erection of Roman forts to the north of the Danube in what they considered to be their own territory, and further exasperated by the treacherous murder of their king, Gabinius, crossed the river and laid waste the province of Pannonia. The emperor in April, 375 entered Illyricum with a powerful army. But during an audience to an embassy from the Quadi at Brigetio on the Danube (near Komárom, Hungary), Valentinian suffered a burst blood vessel in the skull while angrily yelling at the people gathered. This injury resulted in his death on November 17, 375.

His general administration seems to have been thoroughly honest and able, in some respects beneficent. If Valentinian was hard and exacting in the matter of taxes, he spent them in the defence and improvement of his dominions, not in idle show or luxury. Though himself a plain and almost illiterate soldier, Valentinian was a founder of schools. He also provided medical attendance for the poor of Rome, by appointing a physician for each of the fourteen districts of the city.

Valentinian was a Christian but permitted absolute religious freedom to all his subjects. Against all abuses, both civil and ecclesiastical, Valentinian steadily set his face, even against the increasing wealth and worldliness of the clergy. His chief flaw was his temper, which at times was frightful, and showed itself in its full fierceness in the punishment of persons accused of witchcraft, fortune-telling or magical practices.

Valentinian I; RIC IX, Siscia 15(a); C.37; second period: 24 Aug. 367-17 Nov. 375; common. obv. DN VALENTINI-ANVS PF AVG, bust cuir., drap., r., rev. SECVRITAS-REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing l., holding wreath and trophy. l. field R above R with adnex, r. field F, ex. gamma SISC rev.Z dot (type xxxv) ecoli

512. ProcopiusProcopius (326 - May 27, 366), was a Roman usurper against Valentinian I, and member of the Constantinian dynasty.

According to Ammianus Marcellinus, Procopius was a native of Cilicia. On his mother's side, Procopius was cousin of Emperor Julian.

Procopius took part in the emperor Julian's campaign against the Persian Empire in 363. He was entrusted of leading 30,000 men towards Armenia, joining King Arsaces, and later return to Julian camp. At the time of Julian's death, there were rumors that he had intended Procopius to be his successor, but when Jovian was elected emperor by the Roman army, Procopius went into hiding to preserve his life. The ancient historians differ on the exact details of Procopius' life in hiding, but agree that he returned to public knowledge at Chalcedon before the house of the senator Strategius suffering from starvation and ignorant of current affairs.

By that time, Jovianus was dead, and Valentinian I shared the purple with his brother Valens. Procopius immediately moved to declare himself emperor. He bribed two legions that were resting at Constantinople to support his efforts, and took control of the imperial city. Shortly after this he proclaimed himself Emperor on September 28, 365, and quickly took control of the provinces of Thrace, and later Bithynia.

Valens was left with the task of dealing with this rebel, and over the next months struggled with both cities and units that wavered in their allegiance. Eventually their armies met at the Battle of Thyatira, and Procopius' forces were defeated. He fled the battlefield, but was betrayed to Valens by two of his remaining followers. Valens had all three executed May 27, 366.

Procopius - Usurper in the east, 365-6 , AE-3, Nicomedia mint

2.90g

Obv: Bust of Procopius, beared left "DN PROCOPIVS PF AVG"

Rev: Procopius standing head right, foot resting on a prow and leaning on a shield. "REPARATIO FEL TEMP" "SMNG" in the exergue.

RIC 10
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54. Jovian.AE 3, 363 - 364, Siscia mint.
Obverse: DN IOVIANVS P F AVG / Diademed bust of Jovian.
Reverse: VOT V MVLT X / Laurel wreath around legend.
Mint mark: ASISC
3.40 gm., 19.5 mm.
RIC #426; LRBC #1267; Sear #19228.Callimachus

A136-20 - Joviano (363 - 364 D.C.)AE3 Centenional 20 x 19 mm 2.9 gr.

Anv: "DN IOVIAN- ANVS P F AVG" - Busto con diadema de perlas, coraza y Paludamentum (capote militar) sobre ella, viendo a izquierda.
Rev: "VOT V" - Leyenda dentro de una corona de laureles. "HERACA" en exergo.

Acuñada 363/4 D.C.
Ceca: Heraclea (Off.1ra.)
Rareza: S

Referencias: RIC Vol.VIII (Heraclea) #108 Pag.439 - Cohen Vol.VIII #32 Pag.79 - DVM #12 Pag.305 - Salgado MRBI Vol.III #8961.b. Pag.237 - Sear RCTV (1988) #4086 - LRBC #1912mdelvalle

AE1 JovianAE1 Jovian

Diocletian, RIC 329 Treveir 284-305 CE.
Obverse: IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG, Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATOR-I AVGG, TR. Jupiter & Diocletian face to face. Diocletian is standing to the left, turned right, dressed in militrary, holding a scepter in left hand. Jupiter is naked standing at right, turned left, the coat on the shoulder, holding a long Scepter, the left hand and a globe nikephoros in the right hand, giving to the emperor.
Mintmark XXI, Treveir, 23.2 mm., 4.0 g.

Comments: The workshop of Tripolis is rare. Opened at the time of the reform of 274 Aurelian's reign, will close under the diarchy in 290. Antioch, as the nearby workshop of Tripolis, seems to serve as military dispensary supplying the army funds in order to pay the troops in the field.
History: Diocletian, born in 245 in Dalmatia (Split), is an Illyrian Emperor. It is purple after eliminating Aper, praetorian prefect and father-in-law and assassin of Numerien, November 20 284. Fighting first against Carin, youngest son of Carus, he was defeated at the Margus the following year; but Carin is murdered and Diocletian remains only August. He appointed Maximian, a compatriot, Caesar in November 285, then auguste April 1 286. It just created a new political regime, the diarchy where two emperors share political and military power, but Maximian remains subordinate to Diocletian. Diocletian ranks under the Jovian (Jupiter) protection while Maximian was Herculean gasoline (of Hercules). Diocletian spent the first ten years of his reign to make war in the East, while Maximian remains in the West. Diocletian was the first emperor of Bas Empire, in the words of Gibbons, and the originator of the dominate.NORMAN K

EB0807 Jovian / VICTORIA ROMANORVMJovian 363-364, AE 1, Antioch.
Obverse: DN IOVIAN-VS PF AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VICTORIA ROMANORVM, emperor in military outfit standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory standing on globe, holding wreath and palm. Mintmark ANTΔ.
References: RIC VIII Antioch 228; Sear 19215.
Diameter: 26mm, Weight: 7.41g.EB

Iovianus (r. 363-364 AD) - AE3 - ConstantinopleObv: D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG - Rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, bust left
Rev: VOT / V - Legend within wreath
CONSP(A or delta) in exergue

Mint of Constantinople, first or forth officina
References: RIC VIII Constantinople 178 (S)
Weight: 2.72 g
Dimensions: 20 mm krazy

JovianBronze AE 3, RIC 423, S 4086, VM 12, VF, Siscia mint, 3.081g, 19.2mm, 45o, 363 - 364 A.D.; obverse D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse , VOT V in wreath, crescent [...]SISC in ex

purchased 09/2007 forvm e-bay auctionsJohnny

jovianJovian, Bronze AE 3, 27 June 363 - 17 February 364 A.D., Siscia mint.
Obverse - D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse- VOT V in wreath, crescent ASISC in exergue.
RIC 423, S 4086, VM 12, 2.934g, 20.1mm, 180o.b70

JovianJovian AE3
20 mm 2.76 gm
O: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
Diad. & cuir. bust right
R: VOT V MVLT X
Vows within a wreathKoffy

Jovian Jovian Æ3 363-364 AD. Pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right / VOT V MVLT X, four lines in wreath, ASISC in ex. LRBC 1267.
Siscia
RIC 426Randygeki(h2)

Jovian

Jovian (AD 363-364)AE Follis, A.D. 363-364, Sirmium, 19.8mm, 2.57g, 180°, RIC VIII 118
Obv: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG. Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT V MVLT X within wreath; BSIRM in ex.Marti Vltori

Jovian (Flavius Jovianus) (363-364 A.D.)RIC VIII Constantinople 178

AE3 (19 mm.), Constantinople mint, 3rd officina, struck 363-364 A.D.

Obv: D N IOVIAN-VS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust, left.

Rev: VOT / V in two lines withing wreath, CONSPΓ in exergue

RIC rarity SStkp

Jovian (RIC 118, Coin #103)RIC 118 (C), AE3, Sirmium, 363-364 AD.
Obv: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG Rosette, diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT V MVLT X (BSIRM) Four lines of text in wreath.
Size: 19.7mm 2.36gmMaynardGee

Jovian (RIC 118, Coin #470)RIC 118, AE3, Sirmium, 363 - 364 AD.
Obv: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT V MVLT X (ASIRM) Four lines of text in wreath.
Size: 19.8mm 3.24gmMaynardGee

Jovian * VOT V / X, Heraclea, 363-364 AD. Ã†2
Jovian * VOT V MVLT X, Heraclea, Bronze

Obv: D N IOVIANVS PF AVG * Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left.
Rev: VOT V MVLT X * Within bound laurel-wreath.

Exergue: HERAC B

Mint: Heraclea
Struck: 363-364 AD.

Size: 20.69 mm.
Weight: 3.48 grams
Die axis: 220°

Condition: Quite lovely and appealing coin. Very-nicely centered and confidently struck. Some very light but gentle wear, and two tiny spots of corrosion - one on each side respectively. Superb portrait of this briefly-empowered successor of Julian the Great.
Lovely dark-olive patina – near-black. That which suggests possible silvering on the obverse is not, but is merely some reflected light in the photograph.

Refs:*
RIC 111
LRBC 1913

Tiathena

Jovian - AE 3Siscia
27.6.363 - 17.2.364 AD
pearl-diademed draped and cuirassed bust right
D N IOVIA_NVS P F AVG
within wreath:
VOT / V / MVLT / X
BSISC
RIC VIII Siscia 426; Sear 19228
3,3g 19mm
ex NaumannJ. B.

Jovian - RIC VIII Constantinople 179AE3. AD 363-364
DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left

VOT V MVLT X within wreath

mintmark CONSPΓ.

Sear 19232.Tacitus

Jovian - Vows - RIC VIII Sirmium 118Obv: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VOT V MVLT X within wreath. Mintmark ASIRM
Size: 3.03 gr,19mm
Mint: Sirmium 363-364AD
Ids: RIC VIII Sirmium 118; Sear 19229ickster

Jovian AE MaiorinaRIC VIII 236A Thessalonica
26 mm x 27 mm, 7.84 gm
D N IOVIANVS PF PP AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VICTORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing facing in military attire, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe.
(dot) TESA (dot) in exergue
RareMark Z

JOVIAN AE1 (double majorina) AD363-364obv: D.N.IOVIANVS.PF.P.P.AVG (diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right)
rev: VICTORIAE.ROMANORVM / TESA (Jovian standing facing, head right, holding labarum & Victory on globe)
ref: RIC VIII-Thessalonica234
8.32g, 26mm
Rareberserker

Jovian AE1, 28mm. Thessalonica. DN IOVIANVS PF PP AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing facing in military attire, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe. Mintmark dot TESA dot.ancientone

JOVIAN AE2/3 RIC 118b, VotaOBV: DN IOVIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right
REV: VOT V MVLT X in four lines across field within wreath; BSIRM
3.0g, 20mm

Minted at Sirmium, 363-4 ADLegatus

JOVIAN AE3 AD363-364obv: D.N.IOVIANVS.PF.AVG (pearl-diademed, draped, & cuirassed bust right)
rev: VOT V MVLT X in four lines across field within wreath / ASIRM
ref: RIC VIII-Sirmium116
3.78g, 20mmberserker

Jovian AE4RIC 334

Jovian AR Reduced Siliqua from ArlesObv: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG - Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust r.
Rev: VOT / V / MVLT / X within laurel wreath.
Cat #: RIC VIII 330 (pp 230)
Weight: 1.55g
Notes: Rated R2 by RIC. 1 commentsoa

Jovian Constantinople RIC VIII 179,ΓAE3. AD 363-364

DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left

VOT V MVLT X within wreath

mintmark CONSPΓ.

Sear 19232Tacitus

Jovian Constantinople VotaRIC VIII Constantinople 178
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Jovian Heraclea VotaRIC VIII Heraclea 110 S

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Jovian RIC VIII, 235Jovian, AD 363-364
AE - Maiorina, 8.4g, 28mm
Thessalonica, 4th officina
obv. DN IOVIANV - S PF AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate and rosette-diademed, r.
rev. VICTORIA - ROMANORVM
Emperor in military cloak and mantle over his shoulders, stg. l., head r.,
holding Victory on globe in outstretched l. hand and labarum in raised r. hand
in ex. TES Delta
RIC VIII, Thessalonica 235
Scarce, VF, glossy variegated green patina
5 commentsJochen

Jovian Siscia VOTACresent ASISC

RIC VIII Siscia 423 S
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Jovian Vot VJovian, 27 June 363 - 17 February 364 A.D.
Bronze AE 3, RIC VIII 108, Sear 88' #4086, aVF, Heraclea mint, 3.218g, 19.8mm, 0o,
OBV: D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left;
REV: VOT V, in two lines within wreath, HERACA in exergue;

EX: Forvm Ancient Coins

SCARCE
SRukke

Jovian VOT V Double StrikeJOVIAN, Constantinople, 363 - 364 AD, 2.8g, 19.1mm, RIC VIII, 178
OBV: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, globus with Victory, shield on left shoulder bust left
REV: VOT V, legend within wreath, CONSPB in exergue

Double strike on obverse

SCARCE (RIC S)
SRukke

Jovian VOT XObverse:
Diademed and draped bust left
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
D N: DOMINUS NOSTER - Our Lord
IOVIANVS: Jovianus
P F: Pius Felix, Dutiful and Fortunate
AVG: Augustus, emperor

Reverse:
VOT / V within wreath
VOT: Votis Vicennalibus, prayers for 5 years of rule
V: 5
Domination: Bronze centenionalis, size 18 mm
Mint, Constantinople and the mintmark is CONSP[?], 363 - 364 A.D
Exergue:
Oficina: workshop (A,B etc.) RIC VIII Constantinople 178

Comments:
The reverse is pretty good, but if the photo of the obverse is accurate it might be an imitation. The face and the drapery on the bust look fairly odd. Worth looking at some other issues from Constantinople to see if they share the same characteristics as it might just be the work of a bad official engraver. Overall it is not a type that was heavily imitated.
Peter Wissing

Jovian VRB ROM PJovian, 363-364, Rome, RIC VIII 333, 18mm, 2.5g
OBV: DN IOVIA-NVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed draped bust right
REV: VOT X MV•LT X in four lines within wreath, VRB•ROM•P in ex

SCARCE
SRukke

Jovian, 363-364 ADIn 363, the Council of Laodicea, which deals with constricting the conduct of church members, is held. The major canon approved by this council is Canon 29, which prohibits resting on the Sabbath (Saturday), restricting Christians to honoring the Lord on Sunday. While en route to Constantinople, Jovian was found dead in his tent at Dadastana, halfway between Ancyra and Nicaea, on 17 February 364. His death, which went uninvestigated, was possibly the result of suffocating on poisonous fumes seeping from the newly painted bedchamber walls by a brazier.1 commentsJeffrey D1

Jovian, AE3Jovian, 363-364 AD

Sirmium, 363-364 AD

19mm., 3.09g.

D N IOVIA-NVS P F AVG. Bust of Jovian, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right

VOT/V/MVLT/X within a wreath. MintMark: -/-//ASIRM

RIC VIII Sirmium 118 or 119

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Jovian, AE3, VOT V, HERACAAE3
Jovian
Augustus: 363 - 364AD
Issued: 363 - 364AD
20.0mm 4.10gr
O: DN IOVIAN-VS PF AVG; Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust, left.
R: NO LEGEND; Wreath, VOT V, within.
Exergue: HERACA; Dot in center of reverse between VOT and V.
Heraclea Mint
RIC VIII Heraclea 108, A. Sear 19218; Sear '88 4086.
Aorta: 108: B1, O3, R16, T25, M7.
sjbcoins Inv. # M2217 162748687663
11/19/17 11/24/17
Nicholas Z

Jovian, AE3, VOT V/MVLT X, AQVILSAE3
Jovian
Augustus: 363 - 364AD
Issued: 363 - 364AD
19.0mm 2.70gr 6h
O: DN IOVIA-NVS PF AVG; Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust, right.
R: NO LEGEND; Wreath, VOT V/MVLT X, within; dot within badge at top of wreath.
Exergue: AQVILS
Aquileia Mint
RIC VIII Aquileia 247; Sear 19227.
Aorta: 123: B2, O3, R16, T24, M3.
JAZ Numismatics/John Zielinski Auction 112, Lot # 21.
11/16/17 11/23/17
Nicholas Z

Jovian, AE3, VOT V/MVLT X, BSIRM.AE3
Jovian
Augustus: 363 - 364AD
Issued: 363 - 364AD
19.0mm 2.80gr 0h
O: DN IOVIA-NVS PF AVG; Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust, right.
R: NO LEGEND; Wreath with VOT/V/MVLT/X, within.
Exergue: BSIRM
Sirmium Mint
RIC VIII Sirmium 118; Sear 19229; Aorta: 139: B2, O3, R16, T24, M11.
Rated C.
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8/13/15 2/3/17Nicholas Z

Jovian, AE3, VOT V/MVLT X, BSISCAE3
Jovian
Augustus: 363 - 364AD
Issued: 363 - 364AD
23.0mm 2.70gr 1h
O: DN IOVIA-NVS PF AVG; Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust, right.
R: NO LEGEND; Wreath, VOT V/MVLT X, within.
Exergue: BSISC
Siscia Mint
RIC VIII Siscia 426; Sear 19228; LRBC 1267; Aorta: 141: B2, O3, R16, T24, M12.
Rated S.
numis-kimel 282157518968
9/8/16 1/21/17Nicholas Z

Jovian, AE3, VOT/V, HERACAAE3
Jovian
Augustus: 363 - 364AD
Issued: 363 - 364AD
18.0mm 2.8gr 0h
O: DN IOVIAN-VS PF AVG; Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust, left.
R: NO LEGEND: Wreath, VOT/V, within.
Exergue: HERACA
Heraclea Mint
RIC VIII Heraclea 108; Sear 19218; Aorta: 107: B1, O3, R16, T25, M7.
Rated S.
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2/8/15 2/3/17Nicholas Z

Jovian, Aquileia, RIC VIII 247, 363-364 CE.Obverse: DN IOVIA NVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VOT V, MVLT X within wreath on 4 lines.
AQVILP in ex. Aquileia mint, 19.8 mm, 3.0 g.NORMAN K

Jovian, Heraclea RIC VIII-108Heraclea mint, 363-364 A.D.
19mm, 2.57g
RIC VIII-108

Obverse:
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left.

Reverse:
VOT
V
HERACB
Legend within wreath.Will J

Jovian, Heraclea RIC VIII-108AE3
Heraclea mint, 363-364 A.D.
18mm, 2.20g
RIC VIII-108

Obverse:
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left.

Reverse:
VOT
V
HERACB
Legend within wreath.Will J

Jovian, RIC 108DN IOVIANVS PF AVG
AE3, 19mm, 3.58g
Diademed, draped bust right
VOT V in Wreath
HERACA in ex.novacystis

Jovian, RIC VIII 133, CyzicusObv: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT V MVLT X
4 lines within laurel wreath.
Exe: SMKA
Date: 363-364 AD
Denom: Ae3
Rated "R"Bluefish

Jovian, RIC VIII 334, ArelateObv: D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VOT V MVLT X
4 lines within laurel wreath.
Exe: TCONST
Date: 363-364 AD
Denom: Ae4
Rated "R2"Bluefish

Jovian, RIC VIII Heraclea 108Heraclea mint, Jovian, 363-364 A.D. AE, 19mm 3.03g, RIC VIII Heraclea 108
O: DN IOVIAN-VS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left
R: VOT X, in wreath
Ex: HERACB
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Jovian, Rome RIC VIII-334AE3
Rome mint, 363-364 A.D.
18mm, 2.69g
RIC VIII-334

Obverse:
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG
Pearled-diademed, draped and cuirassed, bust right.

Reverse:
VOT
V
MV.LT
X
ROMA.[...]
Legend within wreath.Will J

Jovian, Sirmium, RIC VIII 119B, 363-364 CE.Jovian AE3
Obverse: DN IOVIA NVS PF AVG, rosette diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VOT V, MVLT X within wreath on 4 lines.
BSIRM in ex. Sirmium mint, 20.45 mm, 2.3 g.NORMAN K

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