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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 2872041, member: 80783&quot;]Pertinax never comes cheap in any state of preservation but I &quot;needed&quot; one for my portrait gallery <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After my first attempt to buy a specimen (for 650 USD) turned out to be a cast forgery (I was able to return that one thanks to this Forum), I got this example (ex Stack´s Coin Galleries Sale 17.07.2002, Lot 420) for 1050 USD (I wonder what it cost in 2002) which should be genuine as it passed the die analysis but I´m about to send it away for certification anyway just to be sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]686629[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG - laureate Head of Pertinax right</p><p>PROVIDENTIAE DEORUM COS II S C - Providentia standing left, holding up right hand to large star, left hand on breast</p><p>RIC 22, BMCRE 28, C 52, Sear 6055, Banti 20, Woodward obverse die 11 and reverse die Prov.Deor I D and Pl. 12,1 (these dies)</p><p>Sestertius, Rome, ca. late Jan-28.Mar 193 (second emission of Pertinax)</p><p>30 mm / 21,06 gr</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]686630[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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