Triton XX, Lot: 782. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.24 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTI, Salus standing right, feeding serpent held in arms. RIC IV 77 var. (bust type); BMCRE 312A var. (same); RSC 68a var. (same); Spink 3014, lot 192 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, minor granularity. Extremely rare with this bust type.