★ Lempereur plate coin pedigreed to Vinchon in 1959! ★

Pertinax, 193. Denarius (Silver, 18.5 mm, 3.75 g, 1 h), Rome, January-28 March 193. IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG Laureate head of Pertinax to right. Rev. PROVID DEOR COS II Providentia standing to left, holding out right hand and resting left on breast; to upper left field, star. BMC 13. Cohen 43. Lempereur 583 (D218/R303, this coin ). RIC IV 11a. Attractive old cabinet toning. Minor edge splits, otherwise, very fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, acquired from Walker in New York in 1986, ex Kovacs 6, 13 November 1985, 455, Spink's Numismatic Circular 92/8, October 1984, 6344, and from the collection of Madame M.P. in Paris, Vinchon 6 April 1959, 259.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.