RECTOR ORBIS

Laureate and draped bust of Didius Julianus to the right.

The emperor standing on the left, holding a globe with the right hand and a scroll with the left hand.

Photo of a coin sold the 06/10/2011 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 62, lot 2042, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=584238, link to their website:https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

For the aurei, the RIC mentions for the type P M TR P COS: bust (a) laureate with bare bust 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 these the last bust which probably exist somewhere 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)... I think this is a mistake because the source given for this bust (b) is: ''Ponton d'Amécourt Sale, April 25th, 1887, lot 371.''. I found the catalog: ''Rollin et Feu-ardent, 25 avril 1887, Collection de M. le vicomte de Ponton d'Amécourt. Monnaies d'or romaines et byzantines.''. The bust of the quoted coin is laureate et draped. The coin shares sales dies than the coin sold by Numismatica Ars Classica. Here is the photo of the coin:

Photo from the catalog quoted below, with kind permission of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, link to Gallica for download the catalog: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9779259j/f209.item.

Another bust missing from the RIC has also been discovered for a P M TR P COS type Sestertius, see comments of the AYC # 14 B.