P M TR P COS

Reference : AYC #14 A (1), RIC 15 a

Weight: 18.97 grs

Metal: Bronze

Diameter: ?

Scarcity: Scarce

Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAES M DID SEV - ER IVLIAN AVG

Laureate head with bare bust of Didius Julianus to the right.

P M TR – P COS / S – C

Fortuna standing on the left, holding a cornucopia with his left hand and a rudder resting on a globe with his right hand.

Photo of a coin sold the 14/09/2019 by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 142, lot 506, link to the sale and their website: https://www.elsen.eu/Auction-142/-1-690-MONNAIES-ANTIQUES-ANCIENT-COINS/-386-630-EMPIRE-ROMAIN-ROMAN-EMPIRE/-502-555-PERTINAX-CONSTANTIN-III/emodule/4141/eitem/94254.

There are two obverse legend breaks: IMP CAES M DID SEV - ER IVLIAN AVG, IMP CAES M DID SE - VER IVLIAN AVG et IMP CAES M DID SEVE - RVS IVLIAN AVG. The break of the last legend is to be confirmed (letters missing on the coin seen). The coins are classified in order: long obverse cut SEV - ER with the reverse variants: legend breaks and dots. Then the same with the short obverse break: SE - VER. Dots are often erased by wear, so ranking is difficult. However, I can already exclude the presence of dots when the coin is worn out, when the gap between the letters is too small to write something.