444, Lot: 371. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (16mm, 2.59 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C P ESCE NIGER, laureate head right / MINER V ICTRIS, Minerva standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield set on ground. RIC IV –; RSC –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1912 (same type and rev. legend, Minerva standing left). VF, toned. Very rare variety, .