The Usurper Julian of Pannonia

271, Lot: 92. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julian of Pannonia. Usurper, AD 284-285. Antoninianus (21mm, 4.24 g, 1h). Siscia mint, 3rd officina. Struck December AD 284. IMP C M AVR IVLIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PAN NONIA E AVG, the two Pannoniae standing facing, each with heads turned outward and left arm outstretched, that on the left holding signum; S//XXIΓ. RIC V 4; Cohen 6; Venèra 4399. EF, dark brown patina. Rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong.

Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Iulianus, was a corrector in Northern Italy under Carus. In AD 284, during the struggles surrounding the succession between Carinus and Diocletian, Julian usurped imperial authority in Pannonia for a brief period and began issuing coins from Siscia. Carinus marched from his base in Britain to deal with the usurpation, dispatching Julianus early in AD 285 near Verona.