Unrecorded Variety

196, Lot: 300. Estimate $500. Sold for $1320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.83 g, 11h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C P-ESCE NIGER, laureate head right / AETERNITATIS AVG, crescent and seven stars. RIC IV 1 var. (obv. and rev. legends); RSC 1 var. (same); BMCRE p. 71, † var. (same); Cohen 1 var. (same). Good Fine, darkly toned, some porosity.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection.