ANCIENT COINS. Roman,. A Collection Of The Coins Illustrated In Silver Heads, Royal Tales. Pertinax (AD 193), Silver Denarius, IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head right, rev VOT DECEN TR P COS II, Emperor, veiled, standing left, sacrificing from patera over tripod, 3.88g, 6h (SHRT, pp.276-277; RIC 13a; C 56; RCV 6048). An almost invisible crack in flan, excellent portrait, good metal for issue, well-centred on a broad flan, nearly extremely fine.
ex The New York Sale II, Baldwin's, 2 December 1999, lot 304
Estimate: £1200-1500