Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 121 - Session 4 . 930
Roman Imperial
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Dryantilla. Augusta (Usurper), AD 260. AR Antoninianus (19mm, 2.34 g, 2h). Carnuntum mint. Struck under Regalianus. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / Juno standing left, holding uncertain object and scepter. RIC IV 2; MIR 43, 1722a (same obv. die as illustration); RSC 1. Toned, roughness, some edge loss, wavy flan. Near VF. Overstruck on a denarius of Severus Alexander. Extremely rare. From the Conti Collection. Ex Phil Peck (Morris) Collection (Heritage 3071, 6 January 2019), lot 32221.Sulpicia Dryantilla was the wife of of the usurper Regalianus. Little is known about her other than that she was the daughter of Sulpicius Pollio, an officer and senator under Caracalla, and Claudia Ammiana Dryantilla, a possible descendent of the Lycian senator Claudius Dryantianus. Shortly after her husband's usurpation, she was given the title of Augusta. She was most likely killed along with her husband following his defeat.
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