P M TR P COS


Reference : AYC #15 A, RIC -
Weight: 17.71 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAES M DID SEVE - RVS 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 24/03/2010 by Numismatica ars Classica, Auction 54, lot 482, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=758710, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.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.

I wonder about the legend on the obverse, the legend may have been re-engraved in a modern period.