Watch List notes:

Pescennius Niger (193-194). AR Denarius, Antioch mint. Obv. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV. Laureate head right. Rev. MARTI AVGVSTO. Mars helmeted, advancing right, holding spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left hand. RIC 53. C. 49 (Fr.200). AR. g. 2.95 mm. 18.00 RRR. About EF. The legend of Mars Augustus appears on no other Roman Imperial coin. J. Khell ('Numismata Cimelii Caesarei Regii Austriaci Vindobonensis; quorum rariora iconismis, cetera catalogis exhibita etc'. 1755) in recording this coin from the Imperial Cabinet at Vienna, says 'Unicum hunc, atque pretii non aestimandi pronunciare confidenter audeo'. Excessively rare and exceptionally well struck, with an outstanding portrait of Pescennius Niger.