Browsing Roman Imperial Coins of Didius Julianus
Didius Julianus, March-June, AD 193.
After the death of Pertinax, the army put the empire up for auction (!). Didius Julianus made the highest bid and was proclaimed emperor in AD 193, But when the Senate heard of the impending arrival of Septimius Severus, elected emperor by the legions in Pannonia, Didius was put to death after a reign of 66 days.
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| RIC 1 Sear5 6072 | Didius Julianus AR Denarius. 193 AD. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left holding legionary eagle and standard. RSC 2. | Text | Image |
| RIC 2, Aureus Sear5 6070 | Didius Julianus AV Aureus. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. Cohen 8. | Text | Image |
| RIC 2 Sear5 6073 | Didius Julianus AR Denarius. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopiae. RSC 10. | Text | Image |
| RIC 3, Aureus Sear 6071 | Didius Julianus AV Aureus. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate draped bust right / RECTOR ORBIS, emperor standing left, holding globe and roll. Cohen 14, Calico 2399. | Text | Image |
| RIC 3 Sear 6074 | Didius Julianus Denarius. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed right / RECTOR ORBIS, Didius standing left, holding globe and roll. RSC 15. | Text | Image |
| RIC 11 Sear 6078 | Didius Julianus AE Dupondius. IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG, radiate head right / CONCORD MILIT S-C, Concordia standing front, head left, holding legionary eagle and standard. | Text | Image |
| RIC 12 Sear 6079 | Didius Julianus AE Dupondius. IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS S-C, Fortuna standing left holding rudder and cornucopiae. Cohen 13. | Text | Image |
| RIC 14 Sear 6075 | Didius Julianus, AE Sestertius, 27 mm, 21.47 g. AD 193. IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right. / CONCORD MILIT S C, Concordia, standing left, holding a legionary eagle and standard. RIC IV 14; Cohen 3; Sear 6075; BMCRE 20. (Note: Fakes in circulation). | Text | Image |
| RIC 15 Sear 6076 | Didius Julianus AE Sestertius. IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P COS S-C, Fortuna standing left, with rudder on globe and cornucopiae. Cohen 12. | Text | Image |
| RIC 16 Sear 6077 | Didius Julianus AE Sestertius. IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate head right / RECTOR ORBIS, Julian standing left holding globe and roll. S-C across fields. Cohen 17. | Text | Image |
| RIC 16b | Didius Julianus AE Sestertius. IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / RECTOR ORBIS S-C, Didius standing left, holding globe and roll. Cohen 18. | Text | Image |
| Prusa ad Olympum Rec Gen 67 | Didius Julianus AE23 of Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia. AVT K M ΔIΔIOC IOYΛIANOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / ΠΡ-OY, CAEΩN across fields and beneath hexastyle temple. Rec Gen 67; BMC 15 (this coin); Sear SGI 2107. | Text | Image |
| Prusa ad Olympum Solidus 8, 178 | Didius Julianus, AE29 of Prusa Ad Olympum, Bithynia. AD 193. 14.27 g. AYT K M ΔIΔIOC IOYΛIANOC AYΓ, laureate, draped bust right. / ΠΡOYCAEΩN, Athena standing front, looking right, holding upright spear. Unpublished reverse for Did. Julianus. Solidus 8, 178. | Text | Image |
