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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2682195, member: 80783&quot;][ATTACH=full]599828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG / VOT DECEN TR P COS II S C</p><p>Laureate head of Pertinax right / Pertinax standing left, sacrificing over altar</p><p>Sestertius, Rome January-March 193</p><p>RIC 24, BMCRE 44 Cf., Cohen 58, Sear 6056</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]599827[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though this Sestertius is far from perfect, it still is the runner-up in the list of my most expensive coins, surpassed only by my Gordian I, which albeit is in a higher grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for their high price is the low number of bronze coins issued by Pertinax.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to ERIC II and ACSearch, Sestertii of Pertinax are more than twice as rare than those of, let´s say, Didius Julianus, who ruled just two months instead of Pertinax´s three (on the other hand, Pertinax seems to have issued more than three times as many Aurei and four times as many Denarii as his successor).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sestertii of Pertinax are also rarer than those of Clodius Albinus, Pupienus and Balbinus, or even Gordian I and II, who have only ruled for three weeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Correct me if I am wrong, but Pertinax´ Sestertii must be the rarest of all ruling Roman Emperors who issued this denomination at all (concerning portrait coins only, he is surpassed by Tiberius, however. Also of course there are some Augustae and Caesares whose Sestertii are even rarer).</p><p><br /></p><p>So let´s see your Pertinaxes :-D[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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