{"product_id":"1066334-coin-pertinax-sestertius-193-rome-vf-30-35-bronze-cohen-5-ric-14","title":"Coin, Pertinax, Sestertius, 193, Rome, VF(30-35), Bronze, Cohen:5, RIC:14","description":"\u003cp id=\"head\"\u003eBearded head of Pertinax, to right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"reverse\"\u003eAequitas standing on the left, holding a scale and a cornucopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"comment\"\u003ePertinax reigned only briefly, from January to March 193. Born of a freed father, he rose to prominence thanks to a brilliant military career which took him to Brittany, the Danube and the Balkans, where he was appointed governor of Mesa for the first time. Close to Marcus Aurelius, he was charged with watching over the young emperor Commodus. This last will proceed nevertheless to heavy purges to which Pertinax escapes, and will even name him proconsul of Africa and prefect of Rome at the end of his reign. Commodus is assassinated at the end of 192 and the conspirators of this act propose Pertinax to the post of emperor, what will validate the Senate as of January 193. Reputed to be favorable to the Senate and to the old Roman virtues, he nevertheless imposed a strict discipline to his army, which was badly lived and did not pay his troops in time. In retaliation, in March 193 a group of soldiers burst into his palace to put him to death. A period of war of succession followed. The brevity of his reign, barely three months, makes the great rarity of his coinage, which moreover comes only from the workshop in Rome. Supplied with its old pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"headCaption\"\u003eIMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"reverseCaption\"\u003e[AE]QVIT AVG TR COS II \/ S C\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"weight\"\u003e22.01 gr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"cdma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43836658352357,"sku":"1066334","price":1690.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/1655\/7029\/products\/1066334A.jpg?v=1689967007","url":"https:\/\/www.numiscorner.com\/products\/1066334-coin-pertinax-sestertius-193-rome-vf-30-35-bronze-cohen-5-ric-14","provider":"Numiscorner.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}