HILAR TEMPOR


Reference : AYC #4 (1), RIC 20
Weight: 18.21 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Very rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

DIDIA CLA - RA AVG

Draped bust with wavy hair and elaborately tied behind the head, of Didia Clara to the right.

HILAR – T - EMPOR / S – C

Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm with the right hand and cornucopia with the left hand.

Photo of a coin sold the 21/05/2003 by Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 63, lot 1391, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=131513, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

The classification of legend breaks and dots is difficult given the state of the coins, it is possible that dots are present but erased or that some dots are different from those noted. I noted the dots when they are visible, for the breaks disappeared with wear, I analyzed the spaces between the remaining letters. There may be a dot between DIDIA and CLARA on this coin as well as a dot between RA and AVG, to be confirmed, I chose not to note them. We no longer see the letters T and E on the reverse but we can guess that they are separated by a break.

A coin seen with the reverse legend HILAR T - EMPOR, impossible to confirm the existence of this break because the coin has probably been re-engraved. On the obverse, for example, the legend is abnormal: DIDIA CLA - RA AVG followed by a huge empty space between AVG and the bust. Link to the coin sold the 13/04/2018 by Leipziger Münzhandlung und Auktion Heidrun Höhn, e-Live Auction 10, lot 440: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4887480.