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Pescennius Niger, AR Denarius. Note: This cast is very interesting as the obverse is a die link to the Slavey piece with Apollini Sancto reverse. This example is a base metal product and not made by Slavey, so someone is taking Slavey's work, creating casts from the dies and making new pieces. Thus, all sorts of invalid obverse/reverse combinations may be found, depending on how prolific this forger is/was.
Registered: January 2004 Location: Wales, United Kningdom Posts: 439
February 25, 2008 4:20am
Obv: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST COS II, Laureate head right
Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated left holding patera and cornucopia
As well as the well known Slavey piece I am aware of two further reverse dies linked to this obverse die, SPES PVBLICA and a Serapis Caracalla reverse. Links to both below:-
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