CNG - Didius Julianus. 66-day ruler. RARE! VF
$860.00
10/13/99,
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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, Concordia standing facing, head left, 
holding legionary eagle and standard. 

RIC IV 14; BMCRE 20; Woodward, "The Coinage of Didius Julianus and his Family," NC 1961, pl. VIII, 7; Cohen 3. 

surfaces somewhat smoothed.

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 won the prize with a bid of 25,000 sesterces per man, 5,000 more than the 
next highest bidder, the city prefect Sulpicianus.