Exceptional Gold Aureus of Pertinax
613
Pertinax (AD 193), Gold Aureus, 7.2g. Mint of Rome.
IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG
, laureate head
facing right. Rev.
LAETITIA TEMPOR COS II
, Laetitia standing facing with head left, holding wreath and
sceptre (RIC 4a; Sear 6033). Outstanding bold portrait with delicate rose toning, extremely fine.
Very
rare.
$ 60,000
Extremely Rare Denarius of Didia Clara
614
Didia Clara (daughter of Didius Julianus), Silver Denarius, 2.35g. Mint of Rome, under Didius Julianus,
AD 193.
DIDIA CLA-RA AVG
, draped bust facing right. Rev.
HILAR T-EMPOR
, Hilaritas standing
facing, head left, holding long palm and cornucopiae (RIC 10; BMC 14; RSC 3). Boldly struck and
well centred with an incredibly sharp portrait of Didia Clara, extremely fine.
Extremely rare and
one of the finest known.
$ 5,000
Other than the fact that Didia Clara, the daughter of Didius Julianus and Manlia Scantilla, was a remarkable beauty and an only child,
very little is known about either her life or her personality. On her father’s accession, she was granted the title of Augusta, and we also
know that she married Sextus Cornelius Repentinus, a career politician who became prefect of Rome during her father’s short reign.
However, her subsequent fate as well as the fate of her husband after her father was overthrown by Septimius Severus is unknown.
