Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1790. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Pescennius Niger. 193 AD. AR Tetradrachm (10.81 gm). [AYTO KAI G PE] CKIN GERIO UCTO[C CEB], laureate head right / Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Köln -; Dattari -; Milne -; Curtis -. VF, corroded. Extremely rare, only a few Alexandrian issues of Pescennius are known, this reverse type being unique! ($4000)