RECTOR ORBIS


Reference : AYC #16 A (5), RIC 16 a
Weight: 17.22 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAESM DID SE – VER 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.

One coin sold the 08/03/2010 by Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 186, lot 2133, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=750290.

I have considered that there is no legend break on the reverse when the gap is small.

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.