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PERTINAX:

Roman Empire -
Pertinax (193 A.D.)
AE sestertius. Rome mint, 19,60 grs. 28 mm
Obv: LAETITIA TEMPORVM COS II.
IMP (CAES P HELV - PERTINAX AVG) Head, laureate, to right..
Rev: LAETITIA TE -MPORVM COS II / S - C Laetitia standing l. holding wreath and sceptre.
Ref: RIC 17. C. 21.
@Julius Germanicus - thanks for the awesome attribute!!!
"Nice !
Yours is one of the 26 specimen of RIC 17 that I found.
Those were, according to Woodward, struck with four obverse dies and six reverse dies.
Your Sestertius´ obverse die is Woodward AV 2 (illustrated in Woodward, plate XII, Nr.3, and BMC 27, plate 2, Nr.2), and it should be a double die match with the coin illustrated in Banti, Nr.11."
Pertinax is here!

 

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Yeeeeeuusssssss! I love me some Pertinax and that right there my man is a beauty!!
Here's my Denarii:

Pertinax
Denarius. IMP CAES P HELV
PERTIN AVG, laureate head
right / VOT DECEN TR P COS
II, emperor sacrificing left,
with patera held over tripod
altar. RSC 56 RIC 13a

 

Well, then, let's get DIDIUS JULIANUS in here:

(oh, Wildwinds did not have examples of Titania and Perty Jr)


Roman Imperial
Didius Julianus 193 CE (9 weeks Emperor)
AE Sestertius ( mm, g)
Rome mint.
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: Didius Julianus standing left, SC, holding globe and volumen.
Ref: RIC IV 16; Banti 6.
Comment: Fine
with the help of my Buddy @John Anthony ...

 

I think @dougsmit does! It's a beautiful provincial as I recall

 

o wow!

 

No DJ for me yet. Sorry I missed Commodus. What did DJ give to the Praetorians? 25,000 Sesterces per man or something like that? You can be very rich but at the end of the day you can't take it with you.

 

Marcus Didius Severus Julianus Augustus
193 AD. AR Denarius 19mm. 3.01 gm.
O: IMP CAES M DID IVLIAN AVG Laureate head right
R: P M TR P COS Fortuna standing facing, head left, holding rudder on globe, and cornucopiae.
- RIC IV 2; BMCRE 6; RSC 10. Ex-CNG Printed Auction 66, May 19, 2004, Lot: 1528; ex Wayne Philips

This type with Fortuna was struck in gold, silver and bronze (dupondius and sestertius).

 

If we have Didius Julianus, we have to have Manlia Scantilla and their daughter, Didia Clara:

 

Crispina (178 - 182 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: CRISPINA AVG, draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA, clasped hands.
2.7g
18mm
RIC 279 (Commodus); BMCRE 29 (Commodus); RSC 9

 

wow what a patina on that MA sestertius!

great coin what a patina on the MA sestertius

 

Lucius Verus AE Sestertius
Rome Mint 163-164 AD
Obverse: L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS Bust of Lucius Verus, bare-headed, cuirassed, right
Reverse: TR P IIII IMP II COS II S C REX ARMEN DAT: Lucius Verus, in military dress, seated left on curule chair, set on low platform; behind him on platform, two soldiers; before him on platform, officer standing right, holding rod; on ground before platform, King Sohaemus, raising right hand to his head
References: RIC 1372 Very Rare
Size: 31mm, 21.87g
Lucius and Marcus was a noble first try to have co-rulers of the empire. It worked a while till Lucius died of illness on a military campaign, from a plague called the Antoinin plague that took a lot of lives in the empire.
Kyzikos (Cyzicus) 34mm Struck Under Lucius Verus "Demeter"Lucius Verus
Mysia, Kyzikos (Cyzicus) Mint 161-169 AD
Obverse: AV KAI M AVRHLIOC Bare headed, draped bust right
Reverse: KYZIKHNWN?.. Demeter (?) with two objects
BMC: -, Ex. Aukt. Numismatica Wien 17, 274 Very Rare Size: 34mm, 25.36g

 

PESCENNIUS NIGER. 193-194. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.2 g). Antioch mint. O: Laureate head right, IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVSTI AV / BONIE V ENTVS, Fides standing left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. Obverse double struck. RIC IV var

When Pescennius was proclaimed emperor by his troops in AD 193, he knew his reign as emperor would not be peaceful. He quickly set out to issue huge sums of denarii in his name to pay his troops and to win the loyalty of others. To do this, like so many before him, Pescennius reduced the fineness of his denarii to a point that they were equivalent to the Caesarean drachm.

Considering his short bid for power, the variety of Niger denarii is amazing.

The scarcity of his coinage belies the fact that it was struck on a monumental scale, and we can only assume that after his defeat at the hands of Septimius Severus in AD 194 his coins were meticulously recalled and melted. Although it has been extensively published, there are such a huge number of minor varieties that no single catalogue is without numerous lacunae. It appears that the all of Niger's coins were struck at Antioch and possibly a subsidiary mint operating at Caesarea in Cappadocia.

This example illustrates the high level of quality control at the mint!

 

I'd bet that they were cranking them out as fast as they could.