Denarius
Pertinax
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
193
Silver
Weight: 3.2 g
Diameter: 11/16 in. (16.7 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
994.1.29154
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Laureate head of Pertinax right; IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, left up, right down, inwardly Reverse: Draped Ops, frontally seated on throne, facing left, two sheaves of corn in extended right hand, left hand on rear of throne; [OP]I DIVIN TR P COS II, left up, right down, inwardly
Course History
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2012
CLST 6, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Roger Ulrich, Fall 2014
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued, 1994.
Catalogue Raisonne
BMC, Vol. V: nos. 19-20, pl. 1/17; Terrace 1958: p. 24, no. 25
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