RECTOR ORBIS


Reference : AYC #16 A (2), RIC 16 a
Weight: 21.59 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: 29.00 mm
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAESMDID SEV – ER IVLIAN AVG

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

RECTOR  ORBIS / S – C

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 12/12/2016 by Roma Numismatic Limited, Auction 18, lot 1183, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6334443, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/.

Another coin sharing the same reverse die sold by Numismatica Ars Classica, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3512469. This coin may have missing dots compared to the coin sold by Roma Numismatic Limited. Also, there may be a dot between IMP and CAES ... difficult to confirm. Dot missing from the coin showing AYC # 16 A (2).

There are three obverse legend breaks: IMP CAES M DID SEV - ER IVLIAN AVG, IMP CAES M DID SE - VER IVLIAN AVG and IMP CAES M DID S - EVER IVLIAN AVG. The coins are listed in order: long obverse legend SEV - ER with the reverse variants: legend breaks and dots. Then the same thing with the obverse break SE - VER ... etc. Dots are often erased by wear and tear, so ranking is difficult. However, I can already exclude the presence of dots if the coin is worn out, when the gap between the letters is too small to write something.