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Laetitia (Joy)

Laetitia holds a wreath and scepter or occasionally a rudder on a globe. She may rest her left hand on an anchor.

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Pertinax, 193 A.D.
AR Denarius, 3.46g.  17mm.  IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG. Laureate head of Pertinax to right.  Rev. LAETITIA TEMPOR COS II.  Laetitia standing to left holding wreath and scepter.  RIC 4a. BMC 8-9.  Magnificent portrait and among the finest known examples; wonderful cabinet toning.
 
Pedigree/Provenance
Ex: Bank Leu, Zurich,  Auction 28, 1981, lot 479
Ex: Frank Sternberg, Zurich, Auction 29, 1995, lot 478
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auction 92, 2002, lot 119.
Ex: Ira and Larry Goldberg, Los Angeles, Auction 80, June 3, 2014, lot 3175.
 
 
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Mint State $35,000.
 

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