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ID number:  BIRBI-R1305
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Artist / Maker:  Didius Julianus (193)
Title / Object name / Definition:  Sestertius
Object type:  Coin
Place made:  Mint of Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  193
Collector:  G. Haines
Materials:  Brass
Measurements:  20.17 g

Description: Obverse: Bust of Manlia Scantilla
Reverse: Juno holding a patera and sceptre, peacock to the left. Manlia Scantilla was the wife and empress of Didius Julianus. She was raised to the rank of Augusta on the day her husband became emperor. After the overthrow of Didius Julianus, Manlia Scantilla was allowed to live in retirement by Septimius Severus, who removed her title of Augusta.

Inscriptions / Translations: Obverse: MANLIASCAN TILLAAVG (Manlia Scantilla Augusta)
Reverse: IVNO R EGINA (Juno Queen) S C (by permission of the Senate)

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