Heh...get it...because probably died from suffocating on poisonous fumes seeping from the newly painted bedchamber walls by a brazier... Ok, I'll stop now My first ever Jovian arrived today. He came from the same seller as my Procopius the other day. I decided that this year is the year of filling in the blanks emperor-wise. For $15, I couldn't say "no" to this guy. Jovian AE3 363-364 AD Obverse: DN IOVIANVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: VOT V MVLT X within wreath I'm having trouble with the mint mark. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. Let's see your Jovians as well.
After I got him, I went back through and realized that I have a full run from the Tetrarchy through to Theodosius II with the exception of Eugenius which will pretty much be impossible.
Here he is looking both ways. LOL, both are VOT V... RI Jovian AE3 Sirmium mint VOT V RIC 118 RI Jovian 363-364 AE 20mm Folles LEFT Sinister VOT V
Great deal, @furryfrog02! I can't help you with deciphering the mint I'm afraid. Just not familiar enough with the styles of the various ones. Here's a Jovian from the Heraclea mint: Jovian, AD 363-364. Roman Æ centenionalis, 3.06 g, 19.2 mm, 6 h. Heraclea, AD 363-364. Obv: D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, left. Rev: VOT / V, legend within wreath; HERACA in exergue. Refs: RIC viii, p. 439, 108; RCV 19218; LRBC II 1912; Cohen 32.
Not sure what to make of the mintmark, but you did better on your first Jovian than I did... JOVIAN AE3. 2.08g, 19.9mm. Heraclea mint, AD 363-364. RIC VIII Heraclea 108. O: D N IOVIAN-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left. R: VOT V, in two lines within wreath; HERACA in exergue. I eventually adopted @stevex6's more uptown AE1. JOVIAN AE1. 8.24g, 28mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 363-364. RIC VIII Thessalonica 235. O: D N IOVIANVS P F P P AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA ROMANORVM, Jovian standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe; TESΓ in exergue. Ex stevex6 Collection
Yo! Jovian is in the House! Jovian, the commander of the guard and successor to Julian who concluded a shameful treaty with the Persians. He died on the way back to Constantinople from fumes of a charcoal brazier in his room that interacted with the chemicals from freshly plastered walls, according to the sources. Probably carbon monoxide. Never saw Rome.
This Thessalonica is in the running for worst smoothing job ever. At 3.62 g it is a bit heavy and the officina is not listed in RIC. Opinions?
Good job in landing this example for 15 $ ! Here's my ASIRM specimen Jovianus, AE3 - Sirmium, 2nd officina D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, Diademed and draped bust of Jovianus right VOT V MULT X IN A LAUREL WREATH. BSIRM at exergue 3.32 gr Ref : Cohen #35, RC #4087, LRBC #1624 And an AE1 I've always been fond of from the day I got it in my trays Jovianus, AE1 - Antioch mint, 3 rd officina D N IOVIAN VS P F AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Jovianus right VICTORIA ROMANORVM, Jovianus standing, holding victory on a globe and labarum, ANT gamma at exergue 8.46 gr Ref : RIC # 228, Cohen #22, RC #4085, LRBC #2645 Q
Did the person who did the smoothing just make up their own officina? The reverse looks like it was pretty bad off with all those bad gouges. Like they had to do a lot of work to get something out of it.
Bronze coin (AE 3) minted at Heraclea during the reign of JOVIAN between 363 - 364 A.D. Obv. D.N..IOVIANVS.P.F.AVG. diad. dr. & cuirassed, bust l. Rev. VOT.V.MVLT.X. in laurel-wreath. RCS #4087. RICVIII #110 pg.439. DVM #12. VF+, centered, well struck, brown, bold and pleasant.
