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RIC VIII Siscia 426

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 363–AD 364

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Siscia (ancient mint)

RIC VIII Siscia 426 is an AE3 coin. Its obverse depicts a bust of Jovian, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed, facing right, accompanied by the obverse legend D N IOVIA-NVS P F AVG. The reverse design presents the text VOT/V/MVLT/X enclosed within a wreath.

The coin was manufactured from billon using a struck technique. It is dated to the period AD 363–AD 364 and was produced at the Siscia mint under the issuing authority of Jovianus, with the maker listed as mint-siscia. data. The object is catalogued under the reference RIC VIII Siscia 426 and type corpus identifier ric.8.sis.426 within the Online Coins of the Roman Empire record.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
2
Photograph views
6
Catalogue references
1

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Historical context

Jovian served in the imperial bodyguard and accompanied Julian on his Persian expedition before being declared Roman emperor by the army in June 363 after Julian died in battle. Unable to cross the Tigris, he concluded peace with the Sasanian Empire on humiliating terms. Jovian, a Christian emperor who governed the Roman Empire as a single polity for the whole of his seven-month reign, died at Dadastana on 17 February 364 while journeying back towards Constantinople.

Physical characteristics

Material
Billon
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
AE3

Technical characteristics

Mint
Siscia
Issuing authority
Jovianus

Design

Obverse type
Bust of Jovian, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right
Reverse type
VOT/V/MVLT/X within a wreath
Obverse legend
D N IOVIA-NVS P F AVG
Reverse legend
Not recorded in the source

Identification

How to identify
RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.8.sis.426
Catalogue reference
RIC VIII Siscia 426
Type corpus identifier
ric.8.sis.426
Source note
The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.

Documentation checklist

Denomination
Recorded
Issue or mint date
Recorded
Material
Recorded
Weight
Research required
Mint or printer
Recorded
Mint or printer mark
Research required
Catalogue reference
Recorded
Attached photograph (check rights)
Recorded

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • RIC VIII Cyzicus 132

    Same ruler, denomination and reverse type; reverse legend not recorded in the source. Consolidated into this entry.

  • RIC VIII Heraclea 111

    Same ruler, denomination and reverse type; reverse legend not recorded in the source. Consolidated into this entry.

Research required

  • Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
  • Diameter and die axis not transcribed
  • Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
  • No rights-cleared photograph identified yet
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