Silver Denarius of Pescennius Niger, Antioch, AD 193 - AD 194 1956.127.1250

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Obverse: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVS AVG COS II - Head of Pescennius Niger, laureate, right

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Reverse: FORTVNAE REDVCI - Fortuna, standing left, holding palm in right and cornucopiae in left

Physical Description

Axis: 6
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 4.34
- Diameter (in mm): 18.4

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 193 - AD 194
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Denarius
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Pescennius Niger
Geographic
- Mint: Antioch
- Region: Syria
Obverse
- Portrait: Pescennius Niger
Reverse
- Deity: Fortuna

Findspot Description

Findspot

Findspot: "Tell Kalak", Jordan, 1956

References

Reference: RIC IV Pescennius Niger 22
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 295+v

Administrative History

Identifier: 1956.127.1250
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

Series: RIC.4

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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