v34_0738 - POSTUMUS Antoninien
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 155.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 155.00 €
Type : Antoninien
Date: 263-265
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Weight : 3,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, ovale et irrégulier, éclaté à 4 et à 8 heures. Très beau portrait
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 description : Lisse.
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Frappe lisse au revers.
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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