Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 797. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PERTINAX. 193 AD. Æ Sestertius (29.17 g, 12h). Laureate head right / Opes seated left, holding grain-ears and resting hand on seat. RIC IV 20; Woodward, Pertinax, obv. die 2; BMCRE 43; Cohen 34. VF, dark brown patina, edge split, hairline flan crack. Rare. ($1500)