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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Year of 5 Emperors| > |Didius Julianus| > SH87943
Didius Julianus, 28 March - 2 June 193 A.D.
|Didius| |Julianus|, |Didius| |Julianus,| |28| |March| |-| |2| |June| |193| |A.D.|, Didius Julianus was born in 133 A.D. and followed a military career. He rose to the rank of legion commander, then Consul and Proconsul of Africa. After Pertinax was murdered, the Praetorian Guard (the emperor's personal bodyguard force) advertised that they were offering the throne to the highest bidder. If not the richest, Didius Julianus was one the richest men in Rome and offered 25,000 sestertii for each man! The Roman people were incensed by the auction and several provincial governors rose up against him. As Septimius Severus approached Rome, only 66 days into his reign, Didius Julianus was betrayed and beheaded by the Praetorians. Coins of Didius Julianus are very rare due to his short reign.
SH87943. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC IV 16 (R), Woodward Didius, p. 79 (unlisted dies); BMCRE V 28, Hunter III 10, Banti 6, Cohen III 17, SRCV II 6077, gVF, pleasing portrait, dark brown patina, areas of minor porosity, some light scratches, Rome mint, weight 20.309g, maximum diameter 27.7mm, die axis 180o, late May - 2 Jun 193 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right; reverse RECTOR ORBIS (Master of the World), Didius Julianus standing slightly left, head left, togate, globe in extended right hand, scroll in left hand at side, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field below center; ex Noble Numismatics, auction 117, lot 4773; ex Dr V. J. A. Flynn Collection; ex CNG Triton XII (6 Jan 2009), lot 654 (realized $3450 including buyer fees); ex White Mountain Collection; rare; SOLD










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Woodward, A. "The coinage of Didius Julianus and his family" in NC (1961) pp. 71 - 90, pls. VI - X.

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