Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 657. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (2.85 g, 11h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / SΛLVTI Λ-VG, Salus standing facing, head right, holding serpent with both hands; lighted altar to right. RIC IV 75 var. (obv. legend); RSC 66 var. (same); BMCRE -. Good VF, toned.

From the Gordon S. Parry Collection. Ex Ponterio 47 (9 March 1991), lot 1501; Münzen und Medaillen AG 72 (6 October 1987), lot 747.