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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1533. Estimate $1000. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. 
Sold For $660. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PESCENNIUS NIGER. 193-194. AR Denarius (2.58 gm). Antioch mint. Struck 194 AD. [IMP] CAES C PESC NIGER IV[...], laureate head right / FEIICITAS (sic) TEM[PORVM], basket of grain ears and fruits. RIC IV 17; BMCRE 293; RSC 16a. Toned VF, minor roughness. ($1000)

Although Mattingly read the reverse legend as FELICITAS, the British Museum specimen clearly reads the same as this coin.