Denarius - Pescennius Niger MONETAE AVG; Moneta
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# 271311 |
| References | RIC IV.1# 64B 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.64BOnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Pescennius Niger, laureate, right.
Lettering: IMP CAES C PESCEN NIGER IVST AVG
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Caius Pescennius Niger. Iustitia Augusti.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Gaius Pescennius Niger. Justice of the emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Moneta, draped, sometimes wearing polos (modius), standing left, holding scales lowered in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
Lettering: MONETAE AVG
Translation:
Monetae Augusti.
To the mint of the emperor.
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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