  |
|
|
|
search again
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Contributor:
Compagnie Générale de Bourse |
|
Issuer: |
MANLIA SCANTILLA, wife of Didius Julianus, 193 AD. AE Sestertius (28 mm., 19.23 g.) |
|
|
|
Obverse: |
MANLIA SCANTILLA AVG, her bust draped, facing right, hair waved and coiled on back of head. |
|
|
|
Reverse: |
IVNO REGINA S C, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; peacock at her feet. |
|
|
|
Reference: |
RIC 18a; BMC 5.32; RC 1717. |
|
|
|
Comments: |
For more information, read the "Didius Julianus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Manlia Scantilla see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |