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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3698498, member: 91461&quot;]And what a great opinion you have Doug!</p><p>Pertinax is an all time favorite for me as well. So little is known but the the tid bits are tantalizing.</p><p>His father was a freed man. When granted the purple, so understanding of the perilous position he was placing himself in, he refused to let any of his family be shown on coin including not naming his wife Augusta so that in case what happened happened they would be allowed to live. So much respect was garnered him, Pertinax the highly successful general, from soldier to senator that when the greatest office in all the land opened up no one spoke up against him when his name was mentioned!</p><p>Again, good call Doug.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]991183[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>MANLIA SCANTILLA wife of Didius Julianus. Augusta, 193 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.70 gm). Draped bust right / Juno standing left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, peacock standing left, head right. RIC III 18a smallish squared flan,dark green patina, sl grainy, obvportrait is clear! Former FRC</p><p><br /></p><p>Next up: another coin from 193 CE[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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