Sestertius 193 Rome Pertinax, Rome, Extremely rare, Bronze, RIC:19 EF(40-45)

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Laureate head of Pertinax, right., Pertinax, togate, seated left on curule chair set on platform, extending right hand and holding roll in left hand at side; behind him, officer holding staff in left hand; on steps of platform, citizen, togate, standing right, holding out fold of toga; in background, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, Sestertius of the highest rarity ! With a magnificent natural brown patina! Struck in the name of Pertinax, one of the transitional emperors between the Antonine and Severan dynasties, he reigned for only a few months, between 1 January and 28 March. It is the day of his assassination by the Praetorian Guard, whose favour he thought he had won by promising them a "donativvm", a donation of money, in exchange for their support in his accession to the throne. Here, the coin represents the congiarium, a donation for the benefit of the citizens organised during celebrations. We know from the Historia Augusta that he organised several congiarium, and this coin probably celebrates one of them. The rarity of this coin resides in the fact that very few coins were struck by this emperor, who reigned for only a few months, combined with the celebrated event for which it was struck, so much so that only one example is known to exist in public collections, in the British Museum!, IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG, TR P COS II S - C // LIB AVG

 

Deutsch abbrev.	Deutsch Erhaltungsgrade	Englisch  Grades der Kühlung	Französisch États de  Erhaltung	Italienisch Stati di  conservazione
PP	Polierte Platte	Proof (PRF)	Flan bruni (FB)	Beweis
st	Stempelglanz, stempelfrisch	Stempelglanz (MS65-MS70)	Fleur de coin (FDC)	Fior di conio
-unz	fast unzirkuliert	Almost uncirculated (AU)
vz	Vorzüglich	Vorzüglich (EF oder XF)	Superbe (SUP)	Splendido
ss	Sehr schön	Sehr fein (VF)	Très Très beau (TTB)	Bellissimo
s	Schön	Fine (F)	Très beau (TB)	Molto bello

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