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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2799504, member: 80783&quot;]I just picked up my new Pertinax from the customs office, so here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]652315[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG - laureate Head of Pertinax right</p><p>PROVIDENTIAE DEORUM COS II S C - Providentia standing left, holding up right hand to large star, left hand on breast</p><p>RIC 22, BMCRE 28, C 52, Sear 6055, Banti 20, Woodward Pl. 12,1 (these dies)</p><p>Sestertius, Rome, ca. late Jan-28.Mar 193 (second emission of Pertinax)</p><p>30 mm / 21,06 gr</p><p>(ex Stack´s Coin Galleries Sale 17.07.2002, Lot 420)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]652314[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Pertinax´ PROVIDENTIA DEORUM type was an entirely new conception of Providentia, which has been discussed in literature more than Pertinax´ other types.</p><p><br /></p><p>The „Providence oft he Gods“ is the devine wisdom, which has given Rome the new Emperor. The star to which she stretches a hand is probably a symbol of the Emperor, the godlike Pertinax, as „caelo demissus“, sent down from heaven to earth for the salvation of the human race.</p><p><br /></p><p>The female figure may be, according to Mattingly, not Providentia, but „the world, holding out her hand(s) of passionate longing to the great star that symbolizes the deliverer.“</p><p><br /></p><p>Out of the 130 Pertinax Sestertii I was able to locate in museums and auction catalogues, 28 were of this type, making it Pertinax´ most common Sestertius type.</p><p>It has also been a favourite type for the forger from the Renaissance onwards.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Woodward´s study „The Coinage of Pertinax“, this type was struck with three obverse dies (out of a total of 19) and six reverse dies (out of a total of about 40 for Pertinax´ different types).</p><p>The obverse die used to strike my coin, Woodward AV 11, can be identified by his beard ending in six tips which point slightly forward and was only used in combination with just one reverse die, Woodward Prov.Deor I D, which in turn can be identified by Providentia not reaching for the star, but pointing at the space behind the I in the reverse legend <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>I recognized a total of 8 double die matches. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please show anything related to Pertinax you have.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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