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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 6632191, member: 42034&quot;]Excellent article and a real stunning AE1 (Nummis?) of Julian.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never heard of one which was silvered nor seen one quite as nice as yours.&nbsp; Here&#039;s mine which I bought in Oct., 2018 from Gorney &amp; Mosch.&nbsp; Not as nice as yours and not dirt cheap either.&nbsp; Maybe I just thought it was expensive because I might have bought a whole lot of coins at that sale and all together they were somewhat expensive?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267774[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julian follis/nummis,&nbsp; Gorney &amp; Mosch, auc 257, Oct 15,2018, lot# 986</p><p>I guess the mint on mine is Heraclea?</p><p><br /></p><p>I just got the book on Julian by Gore Vidal and couldn&#039;t wait any longer for a fully silvered follis?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267776[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In a weird coincidence I live in an area that has occasional power failures.&nbsp; I thought it would be neat to buy a bronze ancient oil lamp to use for emergency lighting.&nbsp; Now that I&#039;ve got it, it has a perfect untouched patina so I&#039;m not sure that I&#039;ll want to use it.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, it is in the shape of a bull.&nbsp; Attributed by Burk to Anatolia (Asia Minor) from the 1st century BC.&nbsp; I wonder if there was something going on about bulls there that is also where Julian studied when young.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267782[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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