Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 326. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (3.15 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP C AES C PES C [NIGER] IVT ΛV, laureate bust right / BONI EVE N TVS, Bonus Eventus standing right, holding plate of fruit in right hand, two grain ears in left. RIC IV 4 = Cohen 9 (coin illustrated with line drawing) = RSC 9; J. Van Heesch, "Les ateliers monétaires de Pescennius Niger," RBN CXXIV (1978) -; BMCRE 299 note. Near EF, toned. Very rare.