Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1035. Closing Date: Jan 
10, 2005. DIVUS PERTINAX. Died 193 AD. Æ 
Sestertius (21.30 gm, 11h). Struck under 
Septimius Severus, 193 AD. Estimate $5000 Sold 
For $4000 

DIVUS PERTINAX. Died 193 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.30 
gm, 11h). Struck under Septimius Severus, 193 AD. 
DIVVS PERT PIVS PATER, bare-headed and draped bust 
right / CONSE-CRATIO, S C in exergue, four-tiered 
funeral pyre: lowest tier garlanded, middle two 
tiers arched with statues; uppermost tier draped, 
flanked by torches, and surmounted by triumphal 
quadriga. RIC IV 660C (Septimius Severus); Banti 
7; BMCRE 480 (Wars of the Succession); Cohen 12. 
VF, black surfaces with traces of brown, light 
porosity, minor enhancement in hair. Very rare. 
($5000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Birkler & 
Waddell 1 (7 December 1979), lot 349.


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