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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7428182, member: 19463"]Relatively recently (30 years ago or so?) it was discovered that some of the common Pertinax denarii were struck in the mint at Alexandria. Because of his short reign, I suspect that many of them, if not all, were struck after his death during the time when it was necessary to decide whether to support Septimius Severus or Pescennius Niger. Today the distinction (by style) is handled correctly by the majority of dealers who have a clue in general (still probably a minority overall). At one point, I believed that I was lucky to find examples of these coins but it turns out they are as common as the Rome mint coins. Due to a difference in metal quality, it is harder to find Alexandria coins with good surfaces but it seems fewer of them are badly worn that the Rome coins so the prices are similar. My two are the ones you can expect to find. One is the OPI DIVIN which is a scarce reverse used only by a few emperors (A. Pius used the type).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289632[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>PROVID DEOR</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289631[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>When I sold my early collection in 1974, it included a worn but genuine DIVVS PERT PIVS PATER consecration denarius. These Rome mint coins are rarely seen in the marketplace and very expensive. Perhaps even better are the sestertii of the type. Unfortunately, mine is a copy (I believe it is old but am not sure of any details). I bought it in 2001 as a Paduan aftercast but the type is not in Lawrence. I would enjoy seeing others anyone has or has a link to online (ancient, modern or anything in-between). I have seen one other with this reverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7428182, member: 19463"]Relatively recently (30 years ago or so?) it was discovered that some of the common Pertinax denarii were struck in the mint at Alexandria. Because of his short reign, I suspect that many of them, if not all, were struck after his death during the time when it was necessary to decide whether to support Septimius Severus or Pescennius Niger. Today the distinction (by style) is handled correctly by the majority of dealers who have a clue in general (still probably a minority overall). At one point, I believed that I was lucky to find examples of these coins but it turns out they are as common as the Rome mint coins. Due to a difference in metal quality, it is harder to find Alexandria coins with good surfaces but it seems fewer of them are badly worn that the Rome coins so the prices are similar. My two are the ones you can expect to find. One is the OPI DIVIN which is a scarce reverse used only by a few emperors (A. Pius used the type). [ATTACH=full]1289632[/ATTACH] PROVID DEOR [ATTACH=full]1289631[/ATTACH] When I sold my early collection in 1974, it included a worn but genuine DIVVS PERT PIVS PATER consecration denarius. These Rome mint coins are rarely seen in the marketplace and very expensive. Perhaps even better are the sestertii of the type. Unfortunately, mine is a copy (I believe it is old but am not sure of any details). I bought it in 2001 as a Paduan aftercast but the type is not in Lawrence. I would enjoy seeing others anyone has or has a link to online (ancient, modern or anything in-between). I have seen one other with this reverse. [ATTACH=full]1289633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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