brm_616806 - PERTINAX As
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Type : As
Date: 193
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 700 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,27 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Métal piqué. Joli portrait. Monnaie lisible. Patine marron avec des reflets cuivrés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP CAES P HELV - PERTIN AVG.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Pertinax à droite (O*).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Publius Helvius Pertinax auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LAETITIA TEMPORVM COS II/ S|C.
Reverse description : Laetitia (la Joie) drapée debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite tendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Laetitia Temporum Consul iterum”, (La Joie du temps, consul pour la deuxième fois).
Historical background
PERTINAX
(1/01-28/03/193)
Born in 126, Pertinax had a brilliant military and senatorial career. He was Prefect of the City at the time of the assassination of Commodus. Appointed emperor on January 1, 193, his reforms displeased the Praetorians in particular. He was killed on March 28 after a reign of 86 days..
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