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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     80000743      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Dryantilla Date Ruled:     Wife of Regalianus (Usurper), AD 260 Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Wife of Regalianus Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD circa Obverse Legend:     SVLP DRY[ANTILLA AVG] Obverse Description:     Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent Reverse Legend:     [IVNO]NI REGINE Reverse Description:     Juno standing left, holding patera in right hand and scepter in left Mint:     Carnuntum Primary Reference:     RIC 002 Reference2:     RSC 001 Reference3:     MIR 43, 1722 (same obv. die as illustration) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132966 Grade:     Good VF Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 743 Overstruck on a denarius of Julia Domna, whose bust can be seen on the reverse From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 40 (4 December 1996), lot 1673; Dr. John Jacobs Collection (Superior, 13 August 1995), lot 966; Numismatic Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 411.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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