Browsing Roman Imperial Coins of Pescennius Niger
Emperor AD 193-194. Governor of Syria and General of the army in Asia under Commodus and Pertinax. Proclaimed emperor by the army in AD 193. Killed by the troops of Septimius Severus, after a reign of about a year.
The legends on his coins are so diverse and often garbled, so that varieties not in RIC are almost the rule, rather than the exception!. He struck coins in Caesarea, Cappadocia and in Antioch, Syria.
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| Brussels II 59575 | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Caesarea. 19mm, 3.24 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTI, Salus standing right, feeding serpent in arms. Brussels II 59575 (same dies). Bust type var of RIC IV 77; BMCRE 312A; RSC 68a. (this bust type was struck only in Caesarea, Cappadocia). | Text | Image | |
| Heritage 3035, 29227 | Pescennius Niger AR denarius, AD 193-194. 17mm, 2.95 g. Antioch mint. IMP C PISE NIGIR AVG, laureate head right / ANNO FRVGIFERI, Ceres standing left by altar, holding patera and grain ears. Unpublished reverse. Heritage 3035, 29227. | Text | Image | |
| HJB 126, 348 | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 18 mm. 2.63 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / VICTORIAE AVG, emperor standing left, holding globe and sword, crowned by Victory standing left behind him. Unpublished reverse type, first seen in HJB auction 126, lot 348. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 2a FAKE | Fake: Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / APOLLIN-I SANCTO, Apollo, naked, standing left, legs crossed, left hand on hip, and resting right arm on a column, with a laurel branch in his right hand. Copying RIC 2a; BMC 297. Sear 6100 var (obv. legend). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 2b | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, 2.61 g. AD 193-194. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESI NIGER AVG, laureate head right / APOLLINI SANCTO, Apollo, naked, standing left, holding branch and resting right arm on a column. RIC 2b; Cohen 3; RSC 3; Sear 6100. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 2c | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, 2.61 g. AD 193-194. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV COS II, laureate head right / APOLLINI SANCTO, Apollo, naked, standing left, resting right arm on a column. RIC 2c (this coin cited); Egger XLV, 1134. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 3 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 2.65 g. 17 mm. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIG IVST AVG, laureate head right / BONAE SPEI, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. RIC IV 3f var. (obv. legend); RSC 8 var. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 3b RSC 6 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP ACES C PESCE NIGER IVSI AV, laureate head right / BONAE SPEI, Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 3d Sear5 #6101 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGEWR IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / BONAE SPEI, Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. RSC 4. | (One example) | ||
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| RIC 3 var | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / BONAE SPES, Spes walking left holding flower and raising hem of robe. RSC 3bvar. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 4 | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius. AD 193-194. 3.15 g. Antioch mint. IMP C AES C PES C [NIGER] IVT AV, laureate head right / BONI EVENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing right, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears in left. RIC IV 4; RSC 9. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 5a | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius, 16.5mm, 3.04 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PES NIGER IVS A, laureate head right / BONI EVENTVS, Bonus Eventus or Fides standing left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. RIC IV 5a; cf. RSC 10a. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 5 var (1) | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP CAES C PESC NI [GER IVS AVG COS II] (?), laureate head right / BONO EVENTVC (sic), Bonus Eventus or Fides standing left holding plate of fruit and corn ears. RSC 10 var. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 5 var (2) | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. 17.07 mm, 2.27 g. AD 193-194. Antioch, Syria. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / BONI EVENTV, Bonus Eventus or Fides standing left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. Reverse legend var of RIC 5b; RSC 10c var and Sear 6102 (all with BONI EVENTVS). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 5 var (3) | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 17mm, 3.13 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / BONI EVENTVS, Bonus Eventus or Fides standing left holding plate of fruit and corn ears. RIC 5 var (obv legend). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 5 var (4) | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 19 mm, 3.44 g. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / BONI EVENTVS, Bonus Eventus or Fides standing left holding plate of fruit and corn ears. RIC 5 var (obv legend). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 5 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 17 mm. 3.69 g. IMP CAES C PES NIGER IVST (sic), laureate head right / BONI EVENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing left, holding plate of fruit and corn-ears. RIC 5 var (obv. legende); RSC 10 var (ditto). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 6 | Pescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AR denarius, Antioch. 3,38 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGERIVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / BONI EVENTVS, Fides standing front, head left, holding basket of fruit and corn-ears. RIC 6. BMC p. 72 note. RSC 11. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 7b type | Pescennius Niger AR denarius, AD 193-194. 18mm, 2.59 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / CELER FRVG, Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and torch. Type RIC IV 7b; cf. RSC 12. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 9 type | Pescennius Niger AR denarius, AD 193-194. 17mm, 3.19 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG or similar, laureate head right / CELERI FRVGIFE, Ceres standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC IV 9 type; RSC 11a. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 11a | Pescennius Niger AR denarius, AD 193-194. 18mm, Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER IV A, laureate head right / CELERI FRVGIFER, Ceres standing left, holding bowl of fruit and grain ears. RIC IV 11a. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 15v | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch mint, 194 AD. IMP CAES C PESC...COS II, laureate head right / FELICITAS TEMPORA, two crossed cornuacopiae. RSC 15b var. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 15 var | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / FELICITAS TEMPOR, crossed cornucopiae. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 17 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 18mm, 3.98 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / FEIICITAS (sic) TEMPORVM, cista filled with grapes, grain ear, poppies and other fruit. RIC 17 type; RSC 16a type; BMCRE 293 type. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 20 | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius. Antioch Mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / FORTVNAE RE Fortuna seated holding corn ears and cornucopiae. RSC 21. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 20 var | Pescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AR Denarius, Antioch. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / FORTVNAE RE, Fortuna seated left, holding cornucopiae and patera. RIC IV 20 var. (wreath instead of cornucopia); BMC 301† var. (ditto); RSC 21 var. (ditto). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 21 var | Pescennius Niger. 193-194 AD. AR Denarius 2.68 gm. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER ISTI AVG, laureate head right / FORTVNAE REDV, Fortuna seated left, holding olive branch and cornucopiae. Cf. RIC IV 21 (type/legend combination); RSC 22 var (ditto). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 23 type | Pescennius Niger, AD 193-194. AR Denarius, 17.5 mm, 2.57 g. Antioch. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / FORTVNAE REDV (all letters A engraved as Λ), Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Type RIC 23; type RSC 23. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 23 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius, 18mm, 2.65 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / FORTVNAE REDV, Fortuna seated left on chair, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC 23 var. (legends). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 26b Type | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST A, laureate head right / FORTVNA-E REDVCI, Fortuna standing left, holding palm and cornucopiae. RIC - (palm instead of rudder). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 26c | Pescennius Niger 193-194 AD, AR denarius, 19mm. uncertain eastern mint, perhaps Antioch ad Orontem, Syria. 3.09 gr. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / [FO]RTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC 26c; Cohen 28. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 26d | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (2.86 g, 6h). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, Laureate head right / FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC IV 26d. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 29 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 17mm, 2,82 g. [...] CAES [...], laureate head right / FORTVNAF (sic) REDVC. Fortuna standing left, holding long palm branch and cornucopiae. RIC 29 var (rev legend). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 30 var | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 30A-35 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.49 g). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST, laureate head right / INVISTO IMPERATOR, trophy; arms at base. Cf. RIC IV 30A-35; cf. RSC 30-4. Not in RIC with INVISTO. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 34a | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / INVICTO IMPERAT, trophy with arms below. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 34b | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius 18mm, 3.25 g). Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVSTI A, Laureate head right / INVICTO IMPERAT (C retrograde), Trophy with arms at base. RIC IV 34b; RSC 33a. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 34b type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius. Antioch. 16.5 mm, 3.25 g. IMP... ISTI AVG, laureate head right. / INVICTO IMPERAT, trophy with arms below. Type RIC IV 34b and 40; RSC 33a and 38. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 35 | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius 18mm, 3.96 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVSTI A, Laureate head right / INVICTO IMPERAT, Trophy; arms at base. RIC IV 35; RSC 33b. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 40 | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius, 2.68 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / INVICTO IMPERAT, trophy standing facing; arms at base. RIC IV 40; RSC 38 var. (obv legend) | Text | Image | |
| RIC 41 Sear5 #6110 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint, 194 AD. IMP CAES C PES NIGER IVS AV, laureate head right / IOVI CONSERV, Jupiter seated left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet. BMCRE 13, RSC 40. | (One example) | ||
| RIC 43 var | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVT AV, laureate head right / IOVI PRAE, Jupiter seated left, holding Nike and spear. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 44b | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius 18mm, 3.94 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCE N NIGER IVSTI AV, laureate head right / IVSTI AVG (A engraved as Λ), two capricorns back to back, bearing globe on which are seven stars; against their hind quarters, a small shield. RIC IV 44b; RSC 42 var. (obv. legend); BMCRE 304. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 45a | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Eastern Mint, IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / IVSTITIA AVG, Justitia standing, head left, holding scales and cornucopia. RSC 43. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 45c | Pescennius Niger AR denarius, Caesarea, Cappadocia. 3.10 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / IVSTITIA AVG, Justitia standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC 45c. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 45c var | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch, AD 193-194. 17mm, 2.81 g. IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / IVSTITIA AVG. Justitia standing front, looking left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC 45c var. (obv. legend); RSC 44 var (rev attributes). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 47d Sear5 #6114 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint, 193-194 AD. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate bust right / IVSTITIA AVGVSTI, Justicia standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RSC 47d. | (One example) | ||
| RIC 50 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 18mm, 2.37 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV, laureate head right / IVST[ITIA] AVG, Justitia (or Providentia) standing right, looking left, holding globe and sceptre. RIC 50 type. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 53 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 2.92 g. 18 mm. IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / MARTI VICT, Mars walking right, holding spear and trophy. RIC 53 var (obv legend). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 54 var | Pescennius Niger. 193-194. AR Denarius, 2.95 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES G PESCENI NIGER IVSTI AV, laureate head right / MARTI VCTORI (sic), Mars standing left, holding shield set on ground, and spear. RIC IV 54 var. (legends); BMCRE pg. 79* note var and RSC 50 var. (ditto). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 55 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 3.73 g. 18 mm. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / MAPTI VICTORI, Mars standing left, holding Victory and reversed spear. Legends var of RIC 55; RSC 51 and BMC 308. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 59 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 16 mm. 3.31 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / MINER VICT, Minerva standing left, holding Victory and spear, shield to right. RIC 59 type. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 59 type | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. 193/4 AD, Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGE-R IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / MINER VICT, Minerva standing left, holding Victory and spear, shield at feet. RIC 59 var; RSC 53 var (owl instead of Victory). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 60 type | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS, laureate head right / MINER VICTRIS, Minerva standing left, holding Victory on globe and spear, shield at feet right. RSC 53a var. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 60 type | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch, AD 193-194. 16mm, 2.86 g. IMP CAES C [PESCE?] NIGER IST AVG (sic), laureate head right / [M]INER VICTRIS, Minerva standing left by altar, holding Victory and sceptre, shield behind. RIC 60 var. (obv. legend, altar on rev.). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 61 | Pescennius Niger, 193-194 AD, AR denarius, Antioch mint. 2.12 gr. [IMP C]AES C PESC NIGER IV[ST AVG], laureate head right / MINER VICTRIS, Minerva standing left, holding spear and shield. RIC 61; RSC 53a. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 61 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 3.55 g. 18 mm. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / MINER VICTRIS, Minerva standing left, holding spear and shield set on ground. RIC IV 61 var. (shield raised); RSC 54 var (ditto). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 62-65 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 18 mm. 2.72 g. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER ISTI AVG, laureate head right / MONETA[...]VS (sic). Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC 62-65 type. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 64 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Laureate head right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 64c Var | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right / MONETAE AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. RSC 56e. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 65 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 17mm, 3.13 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER...S AV, laureate head right / MONETE AVG, Moneta standing left, polos on head, holding scales and cornucopiae. RIC 65 var (obv legend). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 68 | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. AD 193-194. Antioch mint. 2.83 g. IMP CAES PESCI NIGER IVST, laureate head right. / PIETATI AVG, Emperor, veiled and togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera over a lighted and garlanded altar. BMC IV 68; Sear 6120; RSC 58; BMCRE 311. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 68 FAKE | Fake: Pescennius Niger AR denarius. Antioch Mint, IMP CAES PESC NIGER COS I, laureate head right / PIETATI AVG Pietas standing, head left, sacrificing over altar. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 69 var | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma standing left, holding Victory and spear. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 70b Sear5 #6121 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint, 193 AD. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / ROMAE AETERN, Roma seated left holding Victory and sceptre. RSC 60. | (One example) | ||
| RIC 73 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, crescent moon and seven stars. RSC 63a. | Text | Image | |
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| RIC 73 var (1) | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius 16mm, 3.05 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER IVST, laureate head right / SAECVLI FELICIIS, seven stars above crescent. RIC IV 73 var. (legends); RSC 64 var. (same). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 73 var (2) | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch, AD 193-194. 18mm, 3.27 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS I, laureate head right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, crescent and seven stars. Obv. legend var of RIC 73a; RSC 63 and BMC 312. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 73 var (3) RSC 63a | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / (from top right or lower left) SAECVLI FELICITAS, crescent moon and seven stars. | Text | Image | |
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| RIC 73 var (4) | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. Laureate head right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, seven stars above a crescent. RSC 63cf. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 77 Sear5 #6124 | Pescennius Niger denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / SALVTI AVGVSTI, Salus standing right before altar, feeding serpent held in arms. RSC 68. | (2 examples) | ||
| RIC 79 var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 18mm, 2.37 g. IMP CAES C PESI NIGER[...], laureate head right / SPEI FIRM[...]. Spes walking left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. RIC 79 var. (obv. legend). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 81 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch. 3.41 g. 18 mm. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER IVS AVG, laureate head right / VICTOR IVSTI AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC 81 (for type). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 81c type | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESCE NIGER IST AVG, laureate head right / VICTOR IVSTI AV, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. RSC 78c var. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 81 AE Copy | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AE Copy of AR Denarius. Antioch. 1.85 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II, laureate head right. / VICTOR IVST AV, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. AE copy of RIC 81. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 83b var | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, AD 193-194. 18 mm, 2.64 g. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right. / VICTORIAE AVG, Victory standing right, foot on globe, inscribing a shield held on a column. RIC 83b var (Victory standing left); Cohen 73 var (ditto). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 86 var | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, Antioch. 28 mm, 2.6 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / VICTORIAE AVG, Victory walking right, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC 86 var. (obv. legend and bust type). | Text | Image | |
| RIC 87a var | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. AR Denarius, 18mm, 3.66 g. Antioch mint. [IMP] CAES C PESC NIGER IV AVG [COS], laureate head right / [VI]CTORIAE AVG (A engraved as Λ), Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC IV 87a var (legends); RSC 75 var (ditto). | Text | Image | |
| RIC ADD | Pescennius Niger Denarius. Antioch mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / VICTORIAE AVG, Niger standing left, holding globe and sword hilt, crowned by Victory standing left behind him. RIC IV -; BMCRE -; RSC -. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 88d | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, 193-194 AD, 21mm, 3.52 gr. Antioch. IMP CAES PE-SC NGER IVS M, laureate head right / VICTORIAE AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. RIC 88d; BMC 314n. RSC 75g. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 92 type | Pescennius Niger. AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch or Caesarea. 2.52 g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVTI AVG, Virtus, helmeted and wearing short tunic, standing front, looking right, holding spear and resting left hand on shield at his side. RIC 92 type; Sear 6128. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 92a var RSC 80 | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, Antioch. 193-194 AD. IMP CAES PE[SC] NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / [VIRT]V[TI AVG], Soldier or Virtus, wearing short tunic, standing facing, looking right, holding spear, shield on left arm. RIC 92a var; RSC 80. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 92b | Pescennius Niger, AD 193-194. AR Denarius, 17mm, 3.10 g. Caesarea mint. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVC, laureate head right / VIRTVTI AVG, Mars, naked, standing front, looking right, spear, shield on left arm. RIC 92b. | Text | Image | |
| RIC 92 type RSC 80a-v | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / VIRTVTI AVG, Virtus, helmeted and in short tunic, standing left, holding spear and resting right hand on shield at his side. RIC 92 var. | Text | Image | |
| RSC 27e Sear5 #6108 | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. Antioch mint, 193 AD. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVSTI, laureate head right / FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna standing left, holding grain ears and cornucopia. RIC 29v. | (One example) | ||
| RSC 52b-c | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVSTI AV, laureate head right / MARTI VCTORI, Mars standing left holding trophy and spear. RSC 52b (legends) and 52c (reverse type). | Text | Image | |
| RSC 53c | Pescennius Niger AR Denarius. IMP CAES C PES-CEN NIG IVST AV, laureate head right / MINER VICT, Minerva standing left, holding owl and sceptre. | Text | Image | |
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| RSC 68a | Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, 17mm. 193-194 AD. Antioch, Syria. IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right / SALVTI AVGVSTI, Salus, wearing long robe, standing right by altar, holding egg in outstretched left hand and serpent in right arm. RSC 68a. RIC 76 and 77 var; Cohen 67 and 68 var; BMC -. | Text | Image | |
| RSC 76a | Pescennius Niger 193-194 AD. AR denarius, 17mm. Antioch, Syria. 2,78g. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG COS II, laureate head right / VICTOR IVST AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. RSC 76a; RIC 81e var; Cohen 76 var. BMC - (cf. p. 74 note.). | Text | Image | |
| RSC 81 | Pescennius Niger Denarius. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST, laureate head right / VIRTUTI AVG, Military Virtus standing, head left, holding spear and leaning on shield. RSC 81. | Text | Image | |
| Sear 6098 | Pescennius Niger, 193-194 AD. AV Aureus. 6.65 g, Alexandria, late 193. IMP CAES PESC NICER IVSTVS AVC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAE AVG P P Draped female figure standing facing, head right, holding long staff and Victory bearing a wreath. Bland 11; Sear 6098. | Text | Image | |
| TLA 81910 | Pescennius Niger AR denarius, AD 193-194. 18.82mm, 2.16 g. Antioch mint. IMP C PESC NIGR IVST AVG or similar, laureate head right / CELERI FRVGIFERE, Ceres standing left, holding a single torch with both hands. Unpublished reverse. Not in RIC, Sear, RSC, Quelen coll., Schodt, Belfort, Cohen etc. Timeline Auctions int. no. 81910. | Text | Image | |
| Alexandria Triton V, 1790 | Pescennius Niger AR Tetradrachm of Alexandria. AYTO KAI Γ ΠECKI NΓEΡIO YCTOC CEB, laureate head right / Zeus seated left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. | Text | Image | |
| Alexandria CNG 69,1299 | Pescennius Niger Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Date uncertain. Laureate head right / Elpis walking left, holding flower and lifting hem of chiton. NISC. | Text | Image | |
| Antioch Prieur 177var | Pescennius Niger, 193–194 AD, AR tetradrachm, Antioch, Syria. 31mm. 11.67 g. AYTOK KAICAΡ Γ ΠECK NIΓΡΩ ΔI, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right / [ΠΡO]NOIA ΘEΩN, eagle standing facing, head right, talons grasping palm branch (?). Prieur 177 var; Bland, Burnett and Bendall, NC 1987, 3 var. | Text | Image | |
| Antioch Prieur 179 corr | Pescennius Niger AR tetradrachm, Antioch ad Orontem, Syria. AD 193-194. 12.37 g. AYTOK KAICAΡ Π ECK NIΓΡω ΔIK CE, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. / ΠΡONOIA ΘEωN, eagle standing left on palm branch, head and tail right, wings spread. Prieur 179 corr. (obv. legend; this coin); McAlee 653 (this coin). | Text | Image | |
| Antioch FAKE Becker 109 | COPY FROM BECKER DIES. Pescennius Niger AR tetradrachm, Antioch ad Orontem, Syria. AD 193-194. 27 mm, 10.14 g. AYTOK KAICAΡ Γ ΠECKE NIΓΡω Δ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. / ΠΡONOIA ΘEωN, eagle standing left on club or bone, head and tail right, wings spread. Becker 109 or copy of Becker 109. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea Cappadocia Ganschow 331b | Pescennius Niger, AR drachm of Caesarea, Cappadocia. 16 mm, 2.57 g. Dated Year 1, AD 193. IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / ΔHMAΡXI EΞ YΠATOC around ET A below, Mount Argaeus with star above. Ganschow 331b. | Text | Image | |
| Note:There are numerous fake Caesarea Germanica "coins" of this emperor. This list includes genuine coins and fakes. Especially compare the lettering and the head | ||||
| Caesarea- Germanica CNG 63, 1005 | Pescennius Niger AE24 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-194. 5.98 g. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms. Unpublished. CNG sale 63, lot 1005. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica Fontana 8 | Pescennius Niger, AE30.5 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-194. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΦΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Zeus standing front, looking left, holding sceptre. Fontana Coll, 8 in RIN 1975. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica GM 176, 1617 | Pescennius Niger. AE16, 2.82 g. AD 193-194. AYT K Π ΠEC NIΓΡOC, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC, eagle standing left on bucranium, head right, wings spread. Mionnet V, 18 var; Gorny and Mosch 176, 1617. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea Germanica Helios 5, 623 | Pescennius Niger, AE of Caesarea-Germanica, Bithynia. 2.01 g. AVT K Γ ΠEC NIΓΡOC, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC ΓEΡ, serpent with head right on garlanded altar. Apparently unpublished. Helios 5, lot 623. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea Germanica Lindgren 106 corr | Pescennius Niger AE29 of Caesarea-Germanica, Bithynia. Laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Apollo standing left, holding phiale and laurel branch. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica Mabbott 1093 FAKE | Fake: Pescennius Niger of Caesarea Germanica. AE24. AD 193-194. 9.49 g. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡY IOYCTOC CEB (first E retrograde), laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Apollo, naked, standing, holding patera and laurel branch. Cast, recut fake of Lindgren I 106 corr. (attributes); Mabbott 1093. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea Germanica ORC4832 | Pescennius Niger AE29 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AVT K ΠECK NIΓEΡOC IOYCTOC CEB Laureate bust right. / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Aphrodite, naked, standing facing, looking right, in bashful pose. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica RecGen 5 | Pescennius Niger AE30 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-194. 15.78 g. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, view of a harbour flanked by two moles (breakwaters), statue of Poseidon (?) standing on one, lighthouse or tower on the other, galley with rowers in the harbour; to left of the harbour a long distyle building with triangular roof; bull recumbent left, head right, in the exergue. RecGen 5; Paris M6027. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica RecGen 6 FAKE | Fake: Pescennius Niger AE29 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-194. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Artemis walking right, holding bow, hound at foot. FAKE. RecGen 6; Mionnet V, 19 ("médaille fausse"); Paris 303. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica RecGen 7 | Pescennius Niger, AE29 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. 15,17 g. AD 193-194. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RecGen 7; Mabbott 1092; SNG Righetti 618; Paris L586. This is the genuine version with larger diameter, heavier weight, correct O letters in the obverse legend and the serpent-entwined staff at almost 45°. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica RecGen 8 FAKE | Fake: Pescennius Niger AE24 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-194. Ca 8 g. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RecGen 8 (this coin); Mionnet V, 21; Paris 305. This is the fake version of this coin, primarily recognisable by the very small O letters in the obverse legend, the almost vertical staff on the reverse, the smaller size and lower weight. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica RecGen 9 | Pescennius Niger AE24 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-194. 7.42 g. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC CEΡMANIKHC (sic), coiled serpent with head raised left. RecGen 9; Paris 306. | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica Righetti Coll. 10622 FAKE | Fake: Pescennius Niger, AE32 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-211. 22.34 g. (Legend recut with errors), AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡ AYΓTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC ΓEΡMANIKHC, Apollo standing left, holding patera and branch. J.P. Righetti Collection, 10622 (this coin). | Text | Image | |
| Caesarea- Germanica SNG vA 6978 | Pescennius Niger AE28 of Caesarea Germanica, Bithynia. AD 193-194. 13.27 g. AYT K Γ ΠECK NIΓΡOC IOYCTOC CEB, laureate head right / KAICAΡEIAC ΓEΡMANIKHC, Nike walking left, holding wreath and palm branch. SNG von Aulock 6978. | Text | Image | |
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