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Pertinax. Denarius; Pertinax; 193 AD, Rome, Denarius, 2.96g. BM-24, C-56 (50 Fr.), RIC-13a. Obv: IMP CAES P [HELV] - PERTIN AVG Head laureate r. Rx: VOT DECE - N TR P COS II Pertinax, togate and veiled, sacrificing l. from patera over tripod altar and holding roll. The earliest Roman coin type to commemorate the undertaking of decennalian vows at the beginning of an emperor\'s reign.Flawless, exceptional portrait; quality equal to that of an aureus, struck on a small flan. MS