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ID:
620904
Type:
Roman Imperial
Issuer:
Didius Julianus
Date Ruled:
AD 193
Metal:
Gold
Denomination:
Aureus
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
AD 193
Weight:
6.72 g
Obverse Legend:
IMP CAES M DID_IVLIAN AVG
Obverse Description:
Laureate head right
Reverse Legend:
P ● M ● TR ●_P ● COS
Reverse Description:
Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe in right hand, and cornucopiae in left
Mint:
Rome
Primary Reference:
RIC 002a
Reference2:
BMCRE 004
Reference3:
Cohen 008
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=28016
Grade:
Nice VF
Notes:
Extremely rare The mint of Rome could very quickly produce massive new issues, as was the case with Didius Julianus, who on the 28th March 193 outbid Flavius Sulpicianus, the father-in-law of Pertinax, for the empire at the praetorian camp auction, by promising to pay each man 25,000 sestertii. The cohors praetorium by this time was composed of sixteen cohorts of 1000 men, which meant that Didius had to come up with 40 million sestertii, 10 million denarii or 400,000 aurei, if he wanted to remain emperor.
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