Denarius - Pescennius Niger CERER FRVG; Ceres
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# 271224 |
| References | RIC IV.1# 7A 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.7AOnline 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.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Gaius Pescennius Niger, justice of the emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Ceres, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand and sceptre in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CERER FRVG
Translation:
Cereri Frugiferae.
To the fruit bearing Ceres.
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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