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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2214646, member: 19463&quot;]As a long time collector of the Eastern denarii of Septimius Severus, I always wanted a Pescennius Niger as well.&nbsp; My first came in 1997 and was a real dog but struck me as extremely interesting because it was unlisted then and not seen again since so it could be even more rare than the average coin of this guy.&nbsp; All of his coins are rare.&nbsp; There may be more examples of dies known from one specimen than there are coins with a matching buddy.&nbsp; One theory is that Pescennius struck a vast number of coins from many, many dies but owning them after his defeat was made illegal by Septimius so they dropped from circulation instantly.&nbsp; His coins were not high quality metal and not the sort of thing people would hoard preferentially so we should have more of them in later hoards than we do of the ones deposited in that day.&nbsp; We don&#039;t.&nbsp; Most of what we have look like field finds rather than well preserved pot hoard coins.&nbsp; Who can give a reference to a hoard report containing Pescennius coins? </p><p><br /></p><p>My first has the reverse showing Boni Eventus but the legend reads BONI EVINTV.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]433094[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted an upgrade and saw the coin below in a sale in 2014.&nbsp; I had to have it because it is the same reverse type as &#039;My Favorite Coin&#039; of Septimius and it has the AVS for AVG spelling also known for Septimius on one of my other favorites even though this one is not clear on the S.&nbsp; There is a much nicer one from this die set that was sold by CNG a few years ago so the reading is certain.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=37934" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=37934" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=37934</a></p><p>I was very happy with that coin but now have doubts about it since I bought it from a dealer I no longer trust due to their selling fake coins and ignoring my correspondence regarding those lots.&nbsp; I need to send this off for an opinion.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]433095[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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