Pescennius Niger, 193–194 AD, AR tetradrachm, Antioch, Syria. 31mm. 11.67 g.

AVTOK KAICAP G PECK NIGRW DI, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
[PRO]NOIA QEWN, eagle standing facing, head right, 
talons grasping palm branch (?). 

Prieur 177 var; Bland, Burnett and Bendall, NC 1987, 3 var.

An apparently unrecorded variety of an extremely rare type, only nine specimens known.

With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
Sold for 65,000 Swiss France, approx. $53,353.