Pertinax, 193. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 2.90 g, 6 h), Rome, 1

Pertinax, 193. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 2.90 g, 6 h), Rome, 1 January-28 March 193. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG Laureate head of Pertinax to right. Rev. PROVID DEOR COS II Providentia standing front, head to left, raising her hands toward star above. BMC 13. Cohen 43. Lempereur - (D117/R282, unlisted die combination). RIC 11a. Attractively toned and with a bold portrait. Minor marks and thin flan crack and with a small flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Joseph Markowitz Collection (1897-1981), brought to Israel in 1949 and kept in the family ever since.