Pescennius Niger, AR denarius, 17mm. 193-194 AD. Antioch, Syria.

IMP CAES PESC NIGER IVST AVG, laureate head right.
SALVTI AVGVSTI, Salus, wearing long robe, standing right by
altar, holding egg in outstretched left hand and serpent 
in right arm . 

RSC 68a. Not in RIC (cf. 76 and 77); Cohen (cf. 67 und 68) or BMC.

Very rare.

courtesy of Dr. Hubert Lanz, November 2000.