Denarius - Pescennius Niger BONI EVENTVS; Fides
Features
| Issuer |
Usurpations of Syria
(Roman Imperial usurpations)  |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority |
Pescennius Niger (193-194)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 193-194 |
| Value | Denarius (1) |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 271216 |
| References | RIC IV.1# 5C Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.pn.5COnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Pescennius Niger, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG COS II
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Caius Pescennius Niger. Iustitia Augusti. Consul Secundum.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Gaius Pescennius Niger. Justice of the emperor (Augustus). Consul for the second time.
Reverse
Fides, draped, standing front, head left, holding basket of fruit in right hand and corn-ears in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: BONI EVENTVS
Translation:
Boni Eventus.
Of good success.
Mint
Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, TurkeyComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| ND (193-194) | |||||||||||||||
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