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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2829098, member: 76194&quot;]Here is a coin I picked up for a project I have for the future. I want to eventually do a thread write-up from a Numismatics and historical perspective on Christian persecution in the Roman world, featuring a general and brief account of all the players involved, as well as the key moments and&nbsp; a twists in the story, and I want to feature a coin of each player in the story. I already have some of the players in the story of Christianity and the persecutions, including Augustus (emperor at the birth of Jesus), Herod Agrippa, Trajan, Philip the Arab, Constantine and his key sons in the story, but I&#039;m still missing a few players such as Nero, Diocletian, and a few other Emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Naturally the project will be a strict historical account of the entire story (maybe in 2 or 3 separate parts...ie. threads), and the focus will be strictly on the history and players in that story, as well as the Numismatics side of things. This is not going to be an endorsement or judgmental account of any religion or religions, as this is not the place for that stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I&#039;ve been in a bit of a spree this month, and to wrap up August I bought another of the key players in that long term project which was missing, Julian II The Apostate.</p><p><br /></p><p>We all know Julian more or less, and his attempts to reverse the inevitably Christian trend set in motion by the Constantine dynasty which he was a part of. Anyway, here it is. <b>Show me your Julian II coins. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]666355[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Julian II, 360 - 363 AD</b></p><p><b>AE20, Siscia Mint, 3.29 grams</b></p><p><b>Obverse: DN FL CL IVLIANVS PF AVG, Helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust of Julian left holding spear and shield.</b></p><p><b>Reverse: Laurel wreath around VOT X MVLT XX, ASISC. in exergue.</b></p><p><b>RIC421</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Incidentally, for Judean coins to round up the project and be better able to tell the story with a strong Numismatics focus, I may reach out to [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] when the time comes. I don&#039;t think there is a better source of knowledge and coins from Judea for this time period than him on this forum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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