Julian, Arles, eagle, coinage, mint
It is argued that the eagle which the mint at Arles intruded upon the reverse of most of the coins struck there during the reign of Julian the Apostate (AD361-63) was an issue mark.It seems to have represented the culmination of a tradition that had developed at Arles, Lyons, and Siscia whereby mint officials sometimes used abbreviations of their own names as issue marks. In this case, the use of an eagle suggests that Julian had appointed a certain Aquila or Aquilinus as procurator monetae at Arles.