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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2317017, member: 19463&quot;]Regarding the rarity of Pescennius Niger:&nbsp; Most rare emperors come to market in relatively few types. We see a lot of the common types whever a coin of theirs is sold.&nbsp; Pescennius is different. If a person or institution with deep pockets decided to buy one example of every type that came to market, a Didius collector could get all 4 of the RIC listings on one page and have the denarii.&nbsp; RIC lists 94 Pecennius numbers and many have letter subtypes so their listing takes 17 pages.&nbsp; It is much worse than that.&nbsp; A specialist collector of Pescennius will certainly have many coins not in RIC.&nbsp; I only have two of his coins and one is unlisted. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pescennius issued a lot of coins and should be as common as the Eastern Septimius I collect but it appears they were withdrawn from circulation and many type exist as one example.&nbsp; A large museum like the BM and a few specialist collectors could own a substantial percentage of the coins that exist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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