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Message:: <p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1927545, member: 44183"]<font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=> and here is my final pony is this steeplechase ... </span></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>JULIAN II AE1 (Double Maiorina)</b></span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">A.D. 362 – 363</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Arelate mint, 1st Office</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter:  26 mm </span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 9.2 grams </span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: DN FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG. Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust at right </span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVB. Bull standing right, 2 stars above, wreath at end of legend. PCON in exergue </span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Originally stated as being an RIC VIII 316  </span></span></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]331977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]331978[/ATTACH] </span></font></p><p> </p><p><i><font size="4"><span style="color: #b30000">However => Doug Smith states => “You should continue to be happy to have that coin which is not bad as just a generic Julian bull but is really special as an R3 that seems actually to deserve that rating. RIC 313 (VIII Arles) variations”</span></font></i></p><p> </p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Thanks Doug => in my mind, that makes my coin "very cool"</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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