brm_692880 - POSTUMUS Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 268
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,23 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, idéalement centré. Joli buste de Postume. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Postume à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Postume pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PAX AVG.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) drapée, debout à gauche, brandissant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et tenant un sceptre transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
POSTUMUS
(06-07/260-06/269)
Postume seizes the purple by eliminating Salonin, son of Gallien, of whom he had custody. He reigns over Gaul, Brittany and Spain. Did Postume toy with the idea of conquering the Roman Empire? Gallien, twice, will try to reconquer the "pars occidentalis" of the Empire, without success. Postume will remain in power for nine years, before perishing assassinated for having refused the sack of Mainz, a city which supported Lélien.
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