Unpublished Pescennius Niger Variant
300, Lot: 234. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.29 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTO-RI-AE AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC IV 86 var. (obv. legend and bust type); RSC 74 var. (same). Near VF, porous, scrapes on bust. Rare bust type, and seemingly unpublished combined with this reverse type.