CNG 99, Lot: 671. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.14 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Laureate head right / VIRTV TI ΛVG, nude Virtus standing facing, head right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV –; RSC –; BMCRE 317 var. (Virtus in military attire); Lanz 147, lot 383. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Very rare reverse with nude Virtus.