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<p>[QUOTE="Alwin, post: 7431754, member: 108806"][ATTACH=full]1289963[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PERTINAX, Denar</b></p><p>Rome, Jan. 193</p><p>3.45 g - 18.5 mm</p><p>S 6044 - C 30 - RIC 7</p><p>IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, Laureate head right</p><p>MENTI LAVDANDAE, Mens std. left</p><p><br /></p><p>MENTI LAVDANDAE, literally "the praiseworthy spirit", is evidently opposed to the "poor in spirit" Commodus. Pertinax ostensibly differentiates himself from his predecessor and affirms with the choice of the goddess Mens that his reign will be ruled by reason. This extremely rare type, which belongs to the first Pertinax issue, has never been issued by any other emperor. Olivier Lempereur lists only six specimens in his corpus ("<i>Recherches numismatiques sur l'empereur Pertinax</i>"), this one (D1-R1) being from the same obverse die as that of the British Museum (BNK, R.620).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alwin, post: 7431754, member: 108806"][ATTACH=full]1289963[/ATTACH] [B]PERTINAX, Denar[/B] Rome, Jan. 193 3.45 g - 18.5 mm S 6044 - C 30 - RIC 7 IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, Laureate head right MENTI LAVDANDAE, Mens std. left MENTI LAVDANDAE, literally "the praiseworthy spirit", is evidently opposed to the "poor in spirit" Commodus. Pertinax ostensibly differentiates himself from his predecessor and affirms with the choice of the goddess Mens that his reign will be ruled by reason. This extremely rare type, which belongs to the first Pertinax issue, has never been issued by any other emperor. Olivier Lempereur lists only six specimens in his corpus ("[I]Recherches numismatiques sur l'empereur Pertinax[/I]"), this one (D1-R1) being from the same obverse die as that of the British Museum (BNK, R.620).[/QUOTE]
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