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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2857082, member: 42773"]These are popular coins because of their size for one thing - they're the largest bronzes of the late 4th century. When they were issued, the Romans themselves hadn't seen such large bronzes in several generations - since the time of the tetrarchical coinage. The bull also makes them very popular - it's an allusion to traditional Roman religion. Julian was called "The Apostate" because of his insistence that Romans disavow Christianity and return to their ancestral gods.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen a few tooled examples myself, because the dies for these types were typically very shallow intaglios, and only a little circulation wear would blur the features. The trick is to find coins that are "minimally processed," ie., lightly cleaned and not "improved!"[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2857082, member: 42773"]These are popular coins because of their size for one thing - they're the largest bronzes of the late 4th century. When they were issued, the Romans themselves hadn't seen such large bronzes in several generations - since the time of the tetrarchical coinage. The bull also makes them very popular - it's an allusion to traditional Roman religion. Julian was called "The Apostate" because of his insistence that Romans disavow Christianity and return to their ancestral gods. I've seen a few tooled examples myself, because the dies for these types were typically very shallow intaglios, and only a little circulation wear would blur the features. The trick is to find coins that are "minimally processed," ie., lightly cleaned and not "improved!"[/QUOTE]
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