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Sestertius with bust of Manlia Scantilla, struck under Didius Julianus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 193
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 32.5 mm. Weight: 21.96 gm.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number60.1143
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Manlia Scantilla, draped, head bare, right.
MANLIA.SCA NTILLA.AVG
Reverse: Juno, draped, standing front, holding patera in right hand, vertical scepter in left; at left, peacock standing left.
IVNOR E GINA S C (left and right in field)
MANLIA.SCA NTILLA.AVG
Reverse: Juno, draped, standing front, holding patera in right hand, vertical scepter in left; at left, peacock standing left.
IVNOR E GINA S C (left and right in field)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Clarence S. Bement Collection; 1924: with Naville & Cie., 6 & 8 Rue Pécolat, Geneva, Switzerland (Naville auction 8 [Clarence S. Bement Collection], Hôtel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland, June 25-28, 1924, lot 1146); by date unknown: Dr. H. Mayr-Harting Collection; 1949: with Glendining & Co., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London W. 1 (auction of Mayr-Harting Collection, November 15, 1949, lot 139); by date unknown: Richard Cyril Lockett Collection; 1959: with Glendining & Co. (auction of the Lockett Collection, part 8, May 26, 1959, lot 63 [as ex Bement, Laughlin, Hansen and Mayr-Harting Collections]); by 1960: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London; October 13, 1960: purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. for £ 273/10/0 (this is the total price for 60.1142-60.1144)