ROMAN. Pertinax. A.D. 193. Silver Denarius (3.19g). 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 from 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. gVF. Exceptional portrait. This denarius was struck in Pertinax's brief reforming reign, its obverse proclaiming his new imperial name while the reverse shows him veiled in a priestly role, offering vows (VOT DECEN) for ten years of rule he would never see. (P)

Estimate: AUD 1500