v16_0554 - DIDIUS JULIANUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)

DIDIUS JULIANUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29) VF/VG

MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 384.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 432.00 €

Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 29)

Date: 193

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 28,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 16,27 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait pour ce rarissime sesterce. Un coup sur le front. Le revers est fruste, la légende n’est pas visible. Patine noire

Catalogue references :

C.12 - RIC.16 - BMC/RE.28 - RCV.6076 (400$)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP CAES M. DID. SEV.ER. IVLI{AN AVG].

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Dide Julien à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Didius Severus Julianus Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Dide Julien auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : [P M TR P COS/ S|C].

Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d’abondance de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul).

Commentary

Poids léger.

Historical background

DIDIUS JULIANUS

(28/03-2/06/193)

After Pertinax's death, the Praetorians auction off the Empire. It is Dide Julien, senator and jurist, who wins by offering 25,000 sesterces per soldier. A part of the people revolted by this method appeals to the armies to get rid of the new tyrant. Pescennius Niger, Albin and Septimius Severus respond to Rome's expectations. Then broke out the second civil war, after that of 68-69. Abandoned by all at the approach of the troops of Septimius Severus, the quickest to reach Rome, Dide Julien was beheaded on June 2 and his "damnatio memorial" pronounced.

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