Watch List notes:

Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.57 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP CΛES C PESCEN NIGER IVST ΛV, laureate head right / FORTV N ΛE REDV, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Cf. RIC IV 23; cf. RSC 23. Near EF, toned. Better silver quality than usual.


From the estate of Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXV (Summer/Fall 2000), no. 89.