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Pescennius Niger, Roman Emperor (135/140 - 194)

Roman Emperor from April 193 to spring 194. One of the emperors in the Year of the Five Emperors. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4897 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pescennius_Niger References in Documents:
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
Pescennius Niger"> Coins of Piscennius Niger none ...........
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 15 Coins of Did., Julianus 1, Pesc. Niger 1, Sept. Severus 3, Caracalla 1, Jul. Mammea 1, Alex. Severus 3, Gordianus 3, vide N° 459., 460., 465., 468., 495., 530., 549., 558., 570, 571., 578, 579, and 581 13