P M TR P COS

Laureate head and bare bust with drapery on left shoulder of Didius Julianus to the right.

PMTR – PCOS

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

one coin preserved at the museum, Museum number, R.12642, link to the coin: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12642. Bequeathed in 1799 by Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode.

For the aurei, the RIC mentions for this type: bust (a) (this one) as well as a laureate bust with drapery over the left shoulder (b) and a laureate and draped bust (c) for this type. I did not find the laureate and draped bust. The source given by the RIC is: British museum (I did not find this coin on their website). The coin probably exists but one can wonder if it is not a mistake. Indeed, the RECTOR ORBIS type is given with a bust (a) and (b) but not for the (c). However, I found for this type the bust (a) and (c) and the source given for the bust (b) is a coin with bust (c). See comments of AYC #5 B, RIC 3 var.