Manlia

Manlia
Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. MANLIA, a plebeian family. The coins said to belong to it are passed over by Eckhel as "numi Gltziani," and not noticed by Mionnet or Akerman.

Manlia Scantilla
Didia Clara
Pescennius Niger (193-194)
Clodius Albinus (193-197)
Septimius Severus (193 - 211) ...

113-112 BC. Manlia 2. L. Manlius Torquatus (Cr. 295/1)
base core, no silver
head of Roma right, torque as border
/horseman charging left with circular shield L TORQVA, in ex. EX SC
18-17 mm. 6:00. 2.54 grams.

Crawford 367/5; Manlia 4
Caius Licinius Lucii Filius Macer circa 82 BC (3.76 g)
Obv: Young diademed naked bust of Apollo Vejovis seen from the back, hurling thunderbolt.
Rev: Pallas or Minerva holding spear and shield in quadriga galoping right; C.

Relatives depicted on coins:
Manlia Scantilla - wife;
Didia Clara - Daughter

Caius Pescennius Niger
Emperor 193-194 ...

/Sulla in quadriga, L SVLLA IM in exergue, Manlia 7; Craw. 367/3. Obv. centered to left crowding back of head, rev. centered to left losing driver of chariot, otherwise bold and nice, medium tone, Very Fine....SOLD Photo ...

This coin is obviously polished and possibly tooled to restore lost detail. If a coin is tooled, details restored must belong to the coin. A Julia Domna tooled into a Manlia Scantilla is fraud no matter how you grade the result!
VG ...

See also: Coin, Legend, Julia, Caesar, Denarius