Ancients
Divus Pertinax (AD 193). AE sestertius (32mm, 24.94 gm, 11h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, smoothing. Rome, 193 AD. DIVVS PERT-PIVS PATER, bare headed, draped bust of Divus Pertinax right, seen from front / CONSE-CRATIO, four-tiered funeral pyre: lowest tier garlanded, middle two tiers with arches and clear statues; top tier draped and surmounted by triumphal quadriga; SC in exergue. RIC IV.I (Septimius Severus) 660C. Cohen 12. Very rare.
From the Morris Collection. Ex F. Trau Collection (Hess-Leu sale 27 March 1956); Paul Tinchant (Richard J. Graham) Collection. (Schulman 243, 8-10 June 1966).
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Estimate: 2000-3000 USD