Jovian; AE3 Sirmium; vows in wreath
Description:
Jovian (363 - 364 AD). AE3, Sirmium mint. D N IOVIANVS P F AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VOT V MVLT X within wreath, ASIRM in ex.
Diameter:
AE20 mm
Weight:
3,04 g
Grade:
gVF/gF
Attribution:
RIC 118
Commentary:
green patina, great portrait, obverse slightly off-center
History:
Jovian reestablished Christianity as emperor's religion and after very brief time of apparent toleration issued two edicts subjecting those who worshiped ancestral gods, even privately, to the death penalty.
Article Number:
051-02-01-41652