193 AD - Pescennius Niger

370, Lot: 462. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 1.54 g, 11h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER IVS A, laureate head right / FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna standing left, wearing polos, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC IV 26b var. (obverse legend); RSC 28 var. (same). Near VF, lightly toned, heavily crystallized metal.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Berk BBS 126 (23 April 2002), lot 345.