Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.96 g, 12h). Antioch mint.

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Lot: 413.

Roman Imperial, Silver

Estimate: $ 2 000

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Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.96 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CΛES C PE SC NIGER IVS T AV, laureate head right / MINER V ICTRIS, Minerva standing facing, head left, holding spear and shield set on ground. RIC IV 61 var. (shield raised); RSC 54 var. (same); BMCRE 309 note var. (same); Gorny & Mosch 195, lot 457 (same dies); CNG 90, lot 1599 var. (spear and shield in opposite hands). Toned with some iridescence, minor porosity. In NGC encapsulation 3819178-034, graded XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5. Nice style portrait. Extremely rare variety, apparently the second known.

Ex Stack’s Bowers Galleries (10 August 2016), lot 20165; Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1912.


Closing Date and Time: 18 December 2019 at 12:17:20 ET.

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