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               CNG - Didius Julianus. 66-day ruler. RARE! VF
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               Coins & Stamps:Coins:Non-US:Ancient, Medieval
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     Didius Julianus. 193 AD. Æ Sestertius (17.62 gm). IMP CAES M DID
     SEV-ER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / CONCORD MILIT, S-C
     across field, Concordia standing facing, head left, holding
     legionary eagle and standard. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 20; A. M.
     Woodward, "The Coinage of Didius Julianus and his Family," NC
     1961, pl. VIII, 7; Cohen 3. VF, surfaces somewhat smoothed.
     716263

     Ex Dr. H. St. George Tucker (Numismatic Fine Arts Fall MBS, 18
     October 1990), lot 2116.

     Didius Julianus is infamous for winning the Roman Empire via
     auction. After the murder of Pertinax in March, 193 AD, the
     Praetorian Guard offered the throne to the highest bidder.
     Julianus, a wealthy aristocrat and Senator with a fairly
     distinguished record, won the prize with a bid of 25,000
     sesterces per man, 5,000 over the next highest bidder, the city
     prefect Sulpicianus. His dubious means of gaining the throne won
     him no friends--he was uniformly hated by the Senate, the people,
     even the Praetorians he'd bought. Septimius Severus, provincial
     governor of Pannonia with several legions at his disposal, saw
     his opportunity and marched on Rome. Didius dithered, declaring
     Severus a public enemy and trying desperately to whip the
     Praetorians into fighting shape. No one listened to him. As
     Severus approached, a Praetorian centurion murdered Didius to
     prevent a bloodbath. His enormous investment had bought him 66
     days of ineffectual rule, soon followed by four years of civil
     war.

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