Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 658. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (2.79 g, 1h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST ΛVG, laureate head right / ROMΛ-E ΛE-TERN, Roma seated left, holding Victory in left hand and spear in right; shield at side to lower right. RIC IV 69 var. (obv. legend); BMCRE p. 80, note * var. (same); cf. RSC 60. Near EF, well struck, good metal for issue, minor porosity. Rare.