Aureus - Pertinax PROVID DEOR COS II; Providentia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Pertinax (Publius Helvius Pertinax) (193)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	193
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.31 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 267837
References	RIC IV.1# 10A (aureus) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.pert.10A_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , BMC RE# 10 British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes). , Biaggi Rome# 1043 Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.). Leo Biaggi Collection of Roman gold coins and medallions. , Calicó# 2387 Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes). , Cohen# 39 Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes). , Jameson# 155 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Mazzini# 39 Giuseppe Mazzini. Monete imperiali romane. Mario Ratto, Milan, Italy (5 volumes).

Obverse

Head of Pertinax, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus

Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Publius Helvius Pertinax, emperor (Augustus)

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, holding both hands above head to large star.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PROVID DEOR COS II

Unabridged legend: Providentia Deorum. Consul Secundum

Translation: Foresight of the gods. Consul for the second time

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (193)								$ 62 000	$ 74 000	$ 94 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 92 Part 1 Lot 604	23 May 2016	UNC	USD 82 066.15 (CHF 65 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 80 Lot 118	20 Oct 2014	UNC	USD 119 942.83 (CHF 95 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Rollin & Feuardent, 20-28 April 1896, Montagu 457; Sotheby & Co. AG, 10 November 1972, Metropolitan part I, 127; Sotheby's, 19-20 June 1991, Hunt IV, 812 and M&M, 2002, 118
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XX Lot 775	10 Jan 2017	XF	USD 53 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 102 Lot 1014	18 May 2016	XF	USD 74 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.