ANCIENT THEMES. Didius Julianus. AD 193. Cast Æ “Medallion” (38mm, 46.14 g, 6h). Paduan type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). VF.

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ANCIENT THEMES. Didius Julianus. AD 193. Cast Æ “Medallion” (38mm, 46.14 g, 6h). Paduan type. Later cast after Giovanni da Cavino (1500-1570). IMP CAESAR M DID SEVERVS IVLIAN AVG P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Charioteer driving quadriga left; above, Victory flying right, crowning charioteer; in xergue, COS II/ S C. Johnson & Martini 1788-1799. Brown patina, traces of deposits, obverse pit, edge marks. VF. A lower quality cast.

Ex W. Toliver Besson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 475, 26 August 2020), lot 725; Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 318, 15 January 2014), lot 1140.


Closing Date and Time: 3 January 2024 at 14:37:40 ET.

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