AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF COINS OF JULIAN II (THE PHILOSOPHER) AND THE FESTIVAL OF ISIS
The Festival of Isis Faria
Æ 4, 4th century AD, Æ 1.49 g. DEO SA – RAPIDI Facing bust of Sol-Serapis Rev. VOTA PV – BLICA The god Nile leaning l., on his urn, holding a little ship and a reed-stalk. C 132. Alföldi 176 and pl. VII, 14 (this coin illustrated).
Very rare. Dark green patina, good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex Sternberg sale XXXIII, 1997, 392. From the Laurence collection