A very rare sestercet of the usurper of Rome, who won office at an auction arranged by the praetorians - the assassins of the rightfully elected ruler Perthinax. Deposition on the reverse.
Obverse: Bust of the emperor wearing a laurel wreath, to the right, in the rim the legend IMP CAES M DID SEVER IVLIAN AVG.
Reverse: Fortune standing left, holding horn of plenty and helm on globe, in fields letters S-C, in rim legend P M TR P COS
Bronze, diameter 26.5 mm, weight 18.73 g.
