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Roman Imperial coins, Pertinax (193), Aureus, Rome, 193, IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate and draped bust right, rev. OPI DIVIN TR P COS II, Ops seated left holding two corn ears, 7.10g/11h (RIC 8b; BMC 18 note; Kent-Hirmer 368; Calicó 2386). Extremely fine and sharply struck, rare £25,000-30,000
Provenance:
Mazzini Collection
Numismatic Fine Arts Auction XXII (Beverly Hills), 1 June 1989, lot 75.
The personification of Ops, specifically described as divina, was probably meant to suggest divine assistance for the new reign than simply wealth and riches
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