Pescennius Niger AD 193-194. Caesarea of Cappadocia
Denarius AR

19 mm, 2,80 g

IMP CΛES C PESC NIGER IVST ΛVG, laureate laureate right / VICTO-RI-ΛE ΛVG, Victory, naked to waist, standing left, inscribing [ΛVG] in two lines on shield set on column, upright palm branch between Victory and the column.

nearly very fine

The third recorded specimen of this exact variety. For other examples see: Leu 30, 28 April 1982, 400 = J. Schulman 258, June 1974, 1812 & Gemini, LLC; Auction VI; 478.

From the Tareq Hani collection