287, Lot: 440. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Fourrée Denarius (17mm, 2.98 g, 7h). Contemporary imitation of an Antioch mint issue. Laureate head right / Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia. Cf. RIC IV 64 (legends); cf. RSC 56a-f (same). Near VF, a few tiny pin-hole breaks in the plating. Interesting.