P M TR P COS

Reference : AYC #14 A (4), RIC 15 a

Weight: 21.07 grs

Metal: Bronze

Diameter: 27.00 mm

Scarcity: Scarce

Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAES M DID SE - VER IVLIAN AVG

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

P M T R 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 29/10/2016 by Roma Numismatic Limited, E-Sale 30, lot 513, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3430477, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/.

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.