Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1648. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PESCENNIUS NIGER. 193-194 AD. AR Denarius (2.63 gm, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / VICTORI-A-E AVG, Niger standing left, holding globe and sword hilt, crowned by Victory standing left behind him. RIC IV -; BMCRE -; RSC -. Near VF, lightly toned, rough surfaces. Extremely rare, the second known (for the first, see Harlan J. Berk Bid or Buy Sale 126 [23 April 2002], lot 348). ($750)

Notwithstanding the rarity of this particular issue, reverses depicting Niger are also extremely rare among his known coinage.