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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2857082, member: 42773&quot;]These are popular coins because of their size for one thing - they&#039;re the largest bronzes of the late 4th century. When they were issued, the Romans themselves hadn&#039;t seen such large bronzes in several generations - since the time of the tetrarchical coinage. The bull also makes them very popular - it&#039;s an allusion to traditional Roman religion. Julian was called &quot;The Apostate&quot; because of his insistence that Romans disavow Christianity and return to their ancestral gods.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;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 &quot;minimally processed,&quot; ie., lightly cleaned and not &quot;improved!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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