Solidus 363-364 Antioch Jovian, Antioch, Gold, Cohen:8, RIC:VIII-223 MS(60-62)

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Bust of Jovian, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right, Roma, helmeted, draped, enthroned facing, and Constantinopolis, draped, enthroned left, head left, supporting a shield inscribed VOT/V/MVL/X; Roma holding spear in left hand; Constantinopolis holding sceptre in left hand, her right foot on prow., Rare and stunning specimen, having kept its brightness and all its freshness. The reliefs are pronounced, the details still almost all present and the strike perfectly centered. On the reverse, we will note only a very small die break in the edge at 2 o'clock and very discreet flats in the highest reliefs. It is also a double-strike, with the letters on the right side of the observe caption doubled. Jovian reigned only 8 months, from June 363 to February 364. In the middle of a difficult military campaign against the Sassanids, Julian the Apostate died of a spear in the liver. Not wanting to waste time against an enemy in full reconstitution of its military forces, the officers of the Roman army hasten to designate one of theirs, Jovian, then commander of the imperial guard, as the new emperor. The latter, conscious of the delicate situation, which was then unfavourable to the Romans, preferred to sign a dishonourable peace, giving up several satrapies and strongholds to the Sassanids in exchange for a free pass to withdraw his troops then threatened with encirclement. This vigorous and young fighter died suddenly at the age of 33 on the road to Constantinople of carbon monoxide asphyxiation in his sleep, probably because of a brazier too full of coal in a poorly ventilated tent. His short reign of less than a year makes all the rarity of its coinage. RIC VIII Antioch 223. From a European collection. Ex Nomos 19, 17 November 2019, 369., D N IOVIAN-VS PEP AVG, SECVRITA-S REI-PVBLICAE // ANTΓ (Γ = 3rd officina)

 

Deutsch abbrev.	Deutsch Erhaltungsgrade	Englisch  Grades der Kühlung	Französisch États de  Erhaltung	Italienisch Stati di  conservazione
PP	Polierte Platte	Proof (PRF)	Flan bruni (FB)	Beweis
st	Stempelglanz, stempelfrisch	Stempelglanz (MS65-MS70)	Fleur de coin (FDC)	Fior di conio
vz+	fast unzirkuliert	Almost uncirculated (AU)
vz	Vorzüglich	Vorzüglich (EF oder XF)	Superbe (SUP)	Splendido
ss	Sehr schön	Sehr fein (VF)	Très Très beau (TTB)	Bellissimo
s	Schön	Fine (F)	Très beau (TB)	Molto bello

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