CNG 100, Lot: 1912. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.96 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PE-SC NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / MINER V-ICTRIS, Minerva standing left, holding spear and shield set on ground. RIC IV 61 var. (shield raised); RSC 54 var. (same); BMCRE 309 note var. (same); Gorny & Mosch 195, lot 457 (same dies); CNG 90, lot 1599 var. (spear and shield in opposite hands). Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare variety, apparently the second known.