Editing Pescennius Niger (section)

==Family==
Pescennius is known to have been married and had children. The names of his children are not mentioned in any sources, nor how many they were.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-brass Medals by Captain William Henry Smyth|last=Smyth|first=William Henry|publisher=Webb|year=1834|pages=176}}</ref> In the past it has been supposed by some historians based on medals bearing the inscription "Pescennia Plautiana Augusta" that Niger was married to a woman named Plautiana or that he had a daughter named Pescennia Plautiana, but the medals are said to be forgeries.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society|publisher=Royal Numismatic Society|year=1875|pages=34–40|volume=15–16}}</ref>