Pertinax

P. Helvius Pertinax

Augustus (AD 192-193)

Pertinax was proclaimed Emperor on the death of Commodus. However he did not have the complete support of the Praetorian Guard. As often happens after the end of a Roman dynasty there occurs a period of political instability. Pertinax was the first of these causalities having reigned only a matter of months, until the new Severan dynasty was founded

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Obverse Legends on coins depicting Pertinax

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• DIVVS PERT PIVS PATER
• DIVVS PERTIN PIVS PATER
• IMP CAES P HELV PERT AVG
• IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG
• IMP CAES P HELV PERTINAX AVG

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