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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 2917079, member: 87200&quot;]Here&#039;s an even worse Jovian from an uncleaned hoard. This one popped out in the midst of a gaggle of Constantius II FTR types. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]705532[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]705533[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Can just make out the VOT V.</p><p><br /></p><p>In contrast, here&#039;s my best Julian - the APIS bull type is probably the last high quality heavy bronze coins struck in the roman empire. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]705534[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]705535[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The transition between Julian and Jovian is very aptly described by Ammianus Marcellinus...here&#039;s a link to the full text. There also is a Penguin edition of Ammianus&#039; work under the title of The Later Roman Empire, which is pretty good.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/ammian/home.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/ammian/home.html" rel="nofollow">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/ammian/home.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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