21212 Pescennius Niger, 193 A.D. AR Denarius. Antioch. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVS AV. Laureate hd. r. Rv. [ROMAE] AETERNAE. Roma seated l. on cuirass hld. Victory and spear. RIC 70c. 4.01g, Superb portrait on a full flan of fresh metal. The full weight of this coin is remarkable as the average is about 3.0 grams during this troubled period when the coins were normally produced in crude fashion. Faint traces of the engraver's compass lines appear as concentric circles in the obverse and reverse fields. Light toning with some golden highlights. Extremely Fine $3500.00. Used by permission of Ed Waddell, from his website www.coin.com, January, 2000.