Triton XIV, Lot: 746. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.38 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PE SC NIGERIVS AV, laureate head right / FORTVN A F (sic) REDVC, Fortuna, draped, standing facing, head left, holding palm frond in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. Unpublished with these legends; for type, cf. RIC IV 29 and RSC 26a. Good VF, toned. Pleasing portrait.