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Sorry, RPC, but I don't think it's "head surmounted by crescent"
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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7803214, member: 83845"]That is a great coin [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] and I think you are 100% right about the sun disk and uraeus<i>.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>As discussed above my “Apis bull” type is disputed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1340065[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Julian II (AD 360-363)</font></p><p><font size="3">AE1, Antioch mint, struck ca. AD 361-363</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 28 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 8.7 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG: Diademed, cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: SECVRITAS REI PVB; Bull, head facing, standing right. Two starts above</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC VIII 216, pg 532</font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Frank S. Robinson Collection, Purchased from David Micheals (Palladium) in the 1990s, ex FSR Auction 107 lot 389 (Jan. 2019), ex FSR Jan. 2010 sale. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>I posted a thread about the possible interpretations of this type <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julian-the-beard-and-the-bull.341242/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julian-the-beard-and-the-bull.341242/">here</a>. The lack of the sun disk and uraeus, such as shown on RC’s example, is one of the main points against this type showing the Apis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7803214, member: 83845"]That is a great coin [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] and I think you are 100% right about the sun disk and uraeus[I]. [/I] As discussed above my “Apis bull” type is disputed. [ATTACH=full]1340065[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Empire Julian II (AD 360-363) AE1, Antioch mint, struck ca. AD 361-363 Dia.: 28 mm Wt.: 8.7 g Obv.: D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG: Diademed, cuirassed bust right. Rev.: SECVRITAS REI PVB; Bull, head facing, standing right. Two starts above Ref.: RIC VIII 216, pg 532 Ex Frank S. Robinson Collection, Purchased from David Micheals (Palladium) in the 1990s, ex FSR Auction 107 lot 389 (Jan. 2019), ex FSR Jan. 2010 sale. [/SIZE] I posted a thread about the possible interpretations of this type [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julian-the-beard-and-the-bull.341242/']here[/URL]. The lack of the sun disk and uraeus, such as shown on RC’s example, is one of the main points against this type showing the Apis.[/QUOTE]
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