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Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.69 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Laureate head right / Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC IV 26c; RSC 28a. Toned, traces of deposits, reverse struck off center, test cut on edge. Near EF.
From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex C.G. Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 80, 20 October 2014), lot 123; ‘A Friend of the Romans’ Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 92, 22 November 2002), lot 123; Numismatic Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 241; Johns Hopkins University Collection [inv. 44.6.318] (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts and Bank Leu, 16 October 1984), lot 828; John Work Garrett Collection [inv. 800], purchased from S. H. Chapman, 15 February 1921.
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