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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3095922, member: 91461&quot;]That&#039;s a real beauty right there my man! And Didia<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Vavavoom! Funny enough, I&#039;m listening to &quot;The decline and fall...&quot; by Gibbon on audible. And was listening to him tell of her husband bidding for the purple at the Pretorian guard gates just this morning!</p><p>Here is my humble Manlia. Purchased at FCR&#039;s last auction...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]782350[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MANLIA SCANTILLA</p><p>wife of Didius Julianus.</p><p>Augusta, 193 AD. Æ</p><p>Sestertius (24.70 gm).</p><p>Draped bust right / Juno</p><p>standing left, holding</p><p>patera and sceptre; to</p><p>left, peacock standing</p><p>left, head right. RIC III</p><p>18a smallish squared</p><p>=an,darkgreenpatina,sl</p><p>grainy,obvportraitisclear!</p><p>FormerFRC(AFairbrought $450)</p><p><br /></p><p>And her old man (I wish I had Didia Clara. Someday I will).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]782351[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>DidiusJulianus</p><p>AD 193. AR Denarius Rome</p><p>mint. Laureate head right /</p><p>RECTOR ORBIS, emperor</p><p>standing left, holding globe</p><p>and scroll. RIC IV 3; RSC</p><p>15. VF, porous.</p><p>The reverse of this denarius</p><p>portrays Didius Julianus as</p><p>master of the world. His</p><p>reign lasted just sixty-six</p><p>days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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