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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1082379, member: 19463&quot;]I have finally received my first new coin for 2011.&nbsp; It has a less than pretty green patina but looks better in hand than in this photo so that means I&#039;ll be shooting it over and over until I get it looking decent.&nbsp; Julian II was the last Pagan Emperor of Rome and this sacrificial bull must have been offensive to the Christian community in its day.&nbsp; I bought this one because it is Sirmium mint (one I lacked).&nbsp; Julian&#039;s AE1 coins and those of Jovian and Valentinian that followed him were a final effort at currency reform to include a big coin.&nbsp; Starting from here, coins got smaller and smaller until, over a century later, the little specks under Anastasius gave way to the new coinage we call Byzantine.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Julian II AE1 360-363 AD (28mm, 8.42g) Sirmium mint first workshop (ASIRM wreath) RIC 105p392[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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