CNG Auction #22 Lot Number: 61607 Estimate: $500.00 Final Sale Price: $907.50 Denomination: Denarius Grade: VF Reference: RIC III -; BMCRE -; cf. RSC 52b (legends) and 52c Pescennius Niger. 193-194 AD. AR Denarius (2.92 gm). IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVSTI AV, laureate head right / MARTI VCTORI, Mars standing left, holding trophy and spear. RIC III -; BMCRE -; cf. RSC 52b (legends) and 52c (reverse type). VF, porous, encrusted. Estimate $500. The variety of obverse and reverse legends for Niger seems almost endless. In his review of the denarii of Pescennius Niger ("The Denarii of Pescennius Niger," in The Presidents Address, NumChron 1992, pg. iv-xxii), Buttrey was able to locate 545 specimens, composing 91 different reverse types struck from 303 reverse dies! Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com