157, Lot: 350. Estimate $750. Sold for $555. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pertinax. AD 193. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.29 g). Alexandria mint. Laureate head right / Ops seated left, holding grain ears. RIC IV -; RSC 33a. VF, light porosity.

No distinction is made in RIC and BMC between the Rome and Alexandria mint denarii of Pertinax. The Alexandrian denarii however are not very rare, accounting for perhaps one out of every three coins of this type to appear on the market.