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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2682212, member: 8959"]That is a very attractive sestertius of Pertinax, and as you mention, a scarce coin.Congratulations. I cannot show you a sestertius, but I do have a dupondius of this emperor. I have not looked in detail at the relatively scarcity of the imperial bronzes of Pertinax, Didius Julianus andC. Albinus, but regarding the scarcity of large and medium bronzes of Pertinax, this is a topic which I explored some years ago. My conclusion: denarii of Pertinax are relatively scarce; his sestertii much scarcer than the silver, and his medium bronzes - asse and dupondiii - much scarcer still. For example, dating as far back as 1995, I was able to track down 14-16 sestertii of the type with emperor sacrificing over a tripod (like yours). However, only one dupondius of this type. You can read an interesting discussion on the topic here:(in german). <a href="http://www.numismatikforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24614&p=190988&hilit=Pertinax+dupondius#p190988" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismatikforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24614&p=190988&hilit=Pertinax+dupondius#p190988" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismatikforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=24614&p=190988&hilit=Pertinax dupondius#p190988</a>  [ATTACH=full]599838[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]599839[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]