A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Roman Imperial Coinage, Pertinax, Sestertius, Rome, 193, laureate bust right, imp caes p helv pertinax avg, rev. aeqvit avg tr p cos ii, Æquitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiæ, s c in field, 24.35g (RIC 14; BMC 37; C 5; Sear 6049). Small flan crack, otherwise very fine, portrait better, dark patina £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: F. Imhoof-Blumer Collection, Jacob Hirsch Auction XVIII (Munich), 27 May 1907; L. Vierordt Collection, Jacques Schulman Auction 139 (Amsterdam), 5 March 1923, lot 1774; H.G.C. Day Collection; E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 217 [from Baldwin 1935]