Julian II Bull Double Maiorina

Related — This coin as MARS VLTOR Auction 27, lot 352, 26 July 2026 - the auction photograph, obverse and reverse. D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG and SECVRITAS REIPVB both fully legible, the philosopher’s beard properly modeled, both stars above the bull on the flan, and much of the original silvering surviving. The fields are honestly granular rather than flat and greasy: this is an unsmoothed coin, which on this type matters more than the grade.
Image source & licence
Image: MARS VLTOR GmbH, Vienna, from the auction listing. To be replaced by the owner’s own photographs when the coin arrives.

Attribution: Pannonia (Illyricum). Sirmium. Julian II. c. 361-363 AD. AE. double maiorina.

Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Julian right, with the full philosopher's beard

Reverse: Bull standing right, two stars above; star, mintmark and palm branch in exergue

Weight: 8.99 g (tag) (Weight from the auction cataloguing (8.99 g); in hand (arrival confirmed by John 2026-09-05) but NOT YET RE-WEIGHED — John weighs it the weekend of 6-7 September 2026.) · 29.6 mm Reference: RIC VIII Sirmium 105

John's Ancient Coin Collection · Specimen · julian-ii-bull-double-maiorina-001

The Coin