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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3767258, member: 75937&quot;]Looking at the reverses on the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Julianus%20Fortuna%20sestertius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx?searchText=Julianus%20Fortuna%20sestertius" rel="nofollow">four examples</a> in the British Museum collection, Doug&#039;s coin matches none of them. This rules out Woodward reverse dies A, D, N, and O. Looking at plate VII, nn. 6, 7, and 8 in <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/265871515/The-coinage-of-Didius-Julianus-and-his-family-A-M-Woodward?campaign=SkimbitLtd&amp;ad_group=15780X724604Xb89b5bcbca988453ae28cd56835f39ac&amp;keyword=660149026&amp;source=hp_affiliate&amp;medium=affiliate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scribd.com/document/265871515/The-coinage-of-Didius-Julianus-and-his-family-A-M-Woodward?campaign=SkimbitLtd&amp;ad_group=15780X724604Xb89b5bcbca988453ae28cd56835f39ac&amp;keyword=660149026&amp;source=hp_affiliate&amp;medium=affiliate" rel="nofollow">Woodward</a>, this rules out reverse dies C, H, and N.</p><p><br /></p><p>This leaves B, E, F, G, K, L, M, and P as possibilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can rule out B (rudder &quot;more upright&quot;; &quot;<i>S C</i> very low down&quot;) and F (<i>R</i> above Fortuna&#039;s forehead; very small <i>O</i>) by Woodward&#039;s description. Same with K (Small globe under rudder; <i>M</i> level with fore-arm; short, broad tail of drapery) and L (Small letters, <i>R</i> above back of head; smallish cornucopiae, rudder with cross-piece on handle.) Also P (Head between <i>R</i> and <i>P</i>; <i>S</i> of <i>S C</i> between rudder and drapery of figure).</p><p><br /></p><p>This leaves E, G, and M. Were the top of the reverse legend clear on either of the coins illustrated by [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] and [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] , I could identify it with certainty. I&#039;m inclined, though, to call it reverse die E because Woodward specifically notes &quot;<i>C</i> at higher level than <i>S</i> in field&quot; in his description of this die. He cites Hirsch xii (Munich, 1904), 592 = (Egger xliii ( Vienna, 1913), 1319).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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