Triton XVIII, Lot: 1148. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.91 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IM P CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / FELICITAS TEMPORVM, cista filled with grapes, grain ear, poppies, and other fruit. RIC IV 17; RSC 16a; BMCRE 293. EF, lightly toned, some roughness. Well centered and well struck.