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                        Lot: 390

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                        BITHYNIA, Prusa ad Olympum: Didius Julianus. AD 193. AE 
                        23 mm (4.28 gm)..

                        ROMAN EMPIRE. Didius Julianus (AD 193). Bronze 23 mm 
                        (4.28 gm). Prusa ad Olympum, Bithynia. AVT K M 
                        DIDIOC-[IOVLI]ANOC AVG, laureate, cuirassed bust right / 
                        PR-OV / CAEWN, six-columned temple, mint name in Greek 
                        across field and in exergue. Sear, Greek Imperial, 2107 
                        with photo (BM specimen). Rec. gén. 67, pl. C, 17 (BM 
                        specimen). Extremely rare. Awkwardly shaped flan. About 
                        extremely fine 

                        Prusa was apparently the only provincial mint to strike 
                        coins for Julianus and his family, and the Recueil 
                        général knew only one specimen for Julianus himself, 
                        that in the BM. The elevation of Julianus in Rome caused 
                        the revolt of Pescennius Niger in Syria, but obviously 
                        there would have been a period of two or three weeks in 
                        Bithynia in mid-late April 193, between the announcement 
                        of Julianus' elevation and the arrival of news of 
                        Niger's revolt. This coin was struck within this very 
                        brief timeframe. 
                        Estimated Value: $ 1,500 




...Sold for $1,100 USD [ approx 836 EUR, 583 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).