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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2794264, member: 8959"]In my opinion the fact that there are a few coins struck from the very same die as yours is no reason for concern. After all, yours look legit, and so do the others you have shown. Actually, when you think about, sestertii of Pertinax are actually not that rare. I counted 25-30 examples of the PROVIDENTIAE type alone in acsearch. One can therefore assume that there are 2-3 times that number out there in collections?  That would not be unreasonable. So to have 10-20 or so from the same die is not out of the ordinary, in my opinion. On a general note concerning fakes of Pertinax: asse and dupondii of Pertinax are much scarcer than his sestertii and denarii, but the larger coin gets all the attention (and the prices reflect it). The coin doctors and counterfeiters also seem to have focused primarily on the larger bronzes, as well as the denarii, and have not bothered with the asse and dupondii. Therefore, I am quite happy with the As I have in my collection. No worries about it being legit.[/QUOTE]