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Auction 100 - Part 2  7 October 2015
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Lot 1912

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 1400 USD
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Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.96 g, 12h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PE-SC NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / MINER V-ICTRIS, Minerva standing 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). Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare variety, apparently the second known.

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