Lot 4467

AE Antoninianus (Siscia, struck December AD 284, 3.63 g) - IMP C M AVR IVLIANVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PANNONIAE AVG The two Pannoniae standing facing, each with heads turned outward and left arm outstretched, thPannonia on the right holds signum, S in left field (XXIΓ in ex.) (RIC V 4 / C. 6) - good VF, a very rare coin with a pleasing partially brown patina. One of the more serious of the ‘Thirty Tyranni’ described by Roman historians in the Historia Augusta, the revolt of Marcus Aurelius Julianus of Pannonia against Carinus in 284 caused the emperor to march from Britain and lead his army against the rebels near Verona, or perhaps in Illyricum (the sources are unclear), crushing them in early 285. Issued from the mint at Siscia, the coins of Julian of Pannonia are in the same good style that this mint had previously issued in the service of legitimate emperors, with a fine portrait.