Six Pescennius Niger Denarii

CNG 96, Lot: 817. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 1.85 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST ΛV, laureate head right / ΛETER[NIT]ΛTIS ΛVG, upturned crescent with seven stars above. Cf. RIC IV 1; cf. RSC 1; cf. BMCRE, p. 71, †; cf. CNG E-196, lot 300 (all refs. for type). Good VF, find patina, traces of bronze core degeneration. Extremely rare.