Pertinax. AD 193. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.65 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. Good VF.

Triton XXVII
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Pertinax. AD 193. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.65 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG, laureate head right / VOT DECEN TR P COS II, S C across field, Pertinax, veiled and togate, standing left, holding volumen in left hand and sacrificing out of patera in right over lighted tripod to left. RIC IV 24; Lempereur Type 11, 799a (D287/R409 – this coin); Banti 22; BMCRE 44. Dark green patina, minor smoothing in fields. Good VF. Bold portrait.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Michael Weller Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 1034; Classical Numismatic Review XXII.3 (Fall/Winter 1997), no. 92; Hess-Divo 271 (4 June 1997), lot 54; Helbing 63 (29 April 1931), lot 865.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session Three – Lot 648–983 will be held Wednesday morning, 10 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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