RECTOR ORBIS


Reference : AYC #16 B, RIC 16 b
Weight: 19.08 grs
Metal: Bronze
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Scarce
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

IMP CAES M DID SE – VER IVLIAN AVG

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Didius Julianus to the right, seen from three quarters ahead.

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 12/03/2011 by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 108, lot 347, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=955074, link to their website: https://www.elsen.eu/. Same dies as the coin preserved at the British museum, Museum number R.15133, link to the coin: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-15133.

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.