Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Caesarea(?), AD 193-194. [IMP CA]ES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head to right / [V]IRTVTI AVG, Mars standing facing, helmeted, with cloak over shoulder, head to right, holding spear and parazonium. Unpublished; for discussion of the criteria for distinguishing coins struck at Caesarea in Cappadocia, cf. J. Van Heesch, "Les Ateliers Monétaires de Pescennius Niger" in RBN 124 (1978), pp. 57-72. 2.14g, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; unpublished and possibly unique.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.