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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 2762489, member: 87200"]Rather than starting a new thread, I thought I would share a coin of Julian's successor Jovianus. It's a rather harsh coin but I think I have attributed it correctly. So far, it's my only example of Jovian and it came from an uncleaned hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some background information:</p><p><br /></p><p>Jovian was born at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singidunum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singidunum" rel="nofollow">Singidunum</a> (today <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade" rel="nofollow">Belgrade</a> in Serbia) in 331 AD, the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Varronianus&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Varronianus&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Varronianus</a>, the commander of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantius_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantius_II" rel="nofollow">Constantius II</a>'s imperial bodyguards (<i>comes domesticorum</i>). He also joined the guards and by 363 had risen to the same command that his father had once held. In this capacity, Jovian accompanied the Roman Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor)" rel="nofollow">Julian</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia" rel="nofollow">Mesopotamian</a> campaign of the same year against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapur_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapur_II" rel="nofollow">Shapur II</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire" rel="nofollow">Sassanid</a> king. After the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Samarra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Samarra" rel="nofollow">Battle of Samarra</a>, a small but decisive engagement, the Roman army was forced to retreat from the numerically superior Persian force. Julian, mortally wounded during the retreat, died on 26 June 363. The next day, after the aged <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salutius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salutius" rel="nofollow">Saturninius Secundus Salutius</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_prefect" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_prefect" rel="nofollow">praetorian prefect</a> of the Orient, had declined the purple, the choice of the army fell upon Jovian. His election caused considerable surprise: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus" rel="nofollow">Ammianus Marcellinus</a> suggests that he was wrongly identified with another Jovianus, chief notary (<i>primicerius notariorum</i>), whose name also had been put forward, or that during the acclamations the soldiers mistook the name Jovianus for Julianus, and imagined that the latter had recovered from his illness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: DN JOVIANVS PF AVG</p><p>Reverse: VOT V in wreath</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]635190[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]635191[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share any Jovians that you have. He ruled for only 8 months before dying from the fumes of a charcoal brazier as he slept (that's one theory).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 2762489, member: 87200"]Rather than starting a new thread, I thought I would share a coin of Julian's successor Jovianus. It's a rather harsh coin but I think I have attributed it correctly. So far, it's my only example of Jovian and it came from an uncleaned hoard. Here's some background information: Jovian was born at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singidunum']Singidunum[/URL] (today [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade']Belgrade[/URL] in Serbia) in 331 AD, the son of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Varronianus&action=edit&redlink=1']Varronianus[/URL], the commander of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantius_II']Constantius II[/URL]'s imperial bodyguards ([I]comes domesticorum[/I]). He also joined the guards and by 363 had risen to the same command that his father had once held. In this capacity, Jovian accompanied the Roman Emperor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor)']Julian[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia']Mesopotamian[/URL] campaign of the same year against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapur_II']Shapur II[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire']Sassanid[/URL] king. After the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Samarra']Battle of Samarra[/URL], a small but decisive engagement, the Roman army was forced to retreat from the numerically superior Persian force. Julian, mortally wounded during the retreat, died on 26 June 363. The next day, after the aged [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salutius']Saturninius Secundus Salutius[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_prefect']praetorian prefect[/URL] of the Orient, had declined the purple, the choice of the army fell upon Jovian. His election caused considerable surprise: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus']Ammianus Marcellinus[/URL] suggests that he was wrongly identified with another Jovianus, chief notary ([I]primicerius notariorum[/I]), whose name also had been put forward, or that during the acclamations the soldiers mistook the name Jovianus for Julianus, and imagined that the latter had recovered from his illness. Obverse: DN JOVIANVS PF AVG Reverse: VOT V in wreath [ATTACH=full]635190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]635191[/ATTACH] Feel free to share any Jovians that you have. He ruled for only 8 months before dying from the fumes of a charcoal brazier as he slept (that's one theory).[/QUOTE]
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