RECTOR ORBIS


Reference : AYC #16 A (6), RIC 16 a
Weight: 20.92 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAESMDIDSE - VERIVLIAN 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 04/04/2001 byr Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid sale 57, lot 1310, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=81309, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

The dots in the legend on the obverse are difficult to see, uncertainty on the dot between DID and SEV which seems present but hardly visible. Perhaps there are other dots present but erased. On the reverse, the dot between RECTOR and ORBIS is also uncertain, it could be for example a die break, the shape is not round .. it can be too a dot to which a die break has been added. .

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.