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Sestertius with head of Pertinax
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 193
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 26.48 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.252
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Pertinax, right, laureate.
IMPCAESPHELV PERTINAXAVG
Reverse: Pertinax, veiled, standing left sacrificing out of patera over altar.
[VOT DECEN TR P] COSII S C (left and right in field)
IMPCAESPHELV PERTINAXAVG
Reverse: Pertinax, veiled, standing left sacrificing out of patera over altar.
[VOT DECEN TR P] COSII S C (left and right in field)
ProvenanceBy 1935: Private Collection, U.S.; anonymous gift to MFA, April 4, 1935