Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch, AD 193-194. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV, laureate head to right / INVICTP IMPEPAT (sic), trophy; arms at base. RIC IV 34a var. (rev. legend); BMCRE p. 77, § note var. (same); RSC 33 var. (same). 2.94g, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 1110;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 54, 24 March 2010, lot 1205;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 114, 4 March 2002, lot 348.
The scarcity of Pescennius Niger's coinage today belies the fact that it was struck on a monumental scale, and we can only assume that after his defeat at the hands of Septimius Severus in AD 194 his coins were meticulously recalled and melted. Although it has been extensively published, there are such a huge number of minor varieties that no single catalogue is without numerous lacunae. It appears that the all of Niger's coins were struck at Antioch and possibly a subsidiary mint operating at Caesarea in Cappadocia.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 1110;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 54, 24 March 2010, lot 1205;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 114, 4 March 2002, lot 348.
The scarcity of Pescennius Niger's coinage today belies the fact that it was struck on a monumental scale, and we can only assume that after his defeat at the hands of Septimius Severus in AD 194 his coins were meticulously recalled and melted. Although it has been extensively published, there are such a huge number of minor varieties that no single catalogue is without numerous lacunae. It appears that the all of Niger's coins were struck at Antioch and possibly a subsidiary mint operating at Caesarea in Cappadocia.