Ancients
Pertinax (AD 193). AR denarius (19mm, 3.56 gm, 12h). NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5. Rome, January-March AD 193. IMP CAES P HELV-PERTIN AVG, laureate of Pertinax right / PROVID-DEOR COS II, Providentia standing facing, head left, raising right hand toward large star in upper left field, left hand on breast. RIC IV, Part I, 11a. RSC 43. Rare! With a strong portrait and light toning.
Ex J. Eric Engstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Auction 102, 18 May 2016), lot 1016; Coin Galleries (10 April 1991), lot 444.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD