Denarius - Pescennius Niger SAECVLI FELICITAS; Caesarea

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
Weight	2.26 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 384368
References	RIC IV.1# – 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. , BMC RE# – British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes). , Cohen# – Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes).

Obverse

Head of Pescennius Niger, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AV

Reverse

Crescent moon and seven stars above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SAECVLI FELICITAS

Unabridged legend: Saeculi Felicitas

Translation: Age of good fortune

Mint

Caesarea, Cappadocia, modern-day Kayseri, Turkey

Comments

Classical Numismatic Group 60 (2002), 1735 (same dies). Gorny & Mosch 269 (2020), 1099 (same dies).

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (193-194)

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