Pertinax. AD 193. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.51 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd emission. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head right / VOT DECEN TR P COS II, Pertinax, veiled and draped, standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod to left, and holding volumen in left hand at side. RIC IV 13a; Lempereur Type 11, 642 (D240/R332); RSC 56; BMCRE 24. Toned, shallow file mark on edge. Near EF. Well struck for the issue. Exceptional portrait.
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