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Roman Emp., Manlia Scantilla, Aureus 193

Currency:CHF Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:32,000.00 CHF Estimated At:40,000.00 - 50,000.00 CHF
Roman Emp., Manlia Scantilla, Aureus 193
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The Roman Empire, Manlia Scantilla, wife of Didius Julianus, Aureus 28th March-early June 193, AV 6.61 g. MANL SCAN – TILLA AVG Stolate bust r., hair dressed in two flowing waves and caught up behind in loose chignon. Rev. IVNO R – E – GINA Juno, draped and veiled, standing l., holding patera in r. hand and sceptre in l.; at her feet, peacock l. C 1. BMC 10 and pl. 3, 13 (this obverse die). RIC 7a. Woodward, NC 1961, 1 and pl. VI, 9 (this obverse die). Kent-Himer pl. 108, 372 (this obverse die). Calicó 2004. Extremely rare and in superb condition for this difficult issue. Struck on a full flan and extremely fine Ex NAC sale 46, 2008, 614. At the same time that Didius Julianus was recognised as emperor by the Senate, his wife and daughter were both accorded the title of Augusta – at that time an unusual occurrence at the beginning of a reign. Very little is known about these imperial ladies. S.W. Stevenson, the noted 19th Century antiquarian, described Scantilla as ”the most deformed of women,” while it is well known that her daughter, Didia Clara, was thought perhaps to be the most beautiful young woman in Rome. Scantilla’s coinage, while very rare, was issued in the three principal metals, and all of her coins bear the same reverse type that honours Juno as queen of the Roman pantheon.