161, Lot: 249. Estimate $1000. Sold for $724. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.52 g). Antioch mint. Laureate head right / Ceres standing left, holding two grain-ears and sceptre. Cf. RSC 7b and note (legends); cf. RSC 29 (same). Good VF, toned, heavy flan and of unusally good metal.