Pescennius Niger AE 30 * Extremely Rare *
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Pescennius Niger AE 30 * Extremely Rare *

BITHYNIA. Caesarea Germanica. AE 30. 
Laur. bust right. 
Aphrodite standing facing in bashful pose, head right.
Unpublished.
Nice dark patina. Extremely rare.

Pescennius Niger AD. 193-194.
Governor of Syria at the time of Pertinax' assassination,
Niger was proclaimed emperor by his troops. He moved west
against Julianus but was forestalled by Septimius Severus who established himself in Rome. Having neutralized his
other rival, Clodius Albinus, by offering him the rank of
Caesar, Severus advanced against Niger and defeated him in
three battles. Niger fled back to Syria but was killed near
Antioch.