Live auction - brm_486898 - POSTUMUS Antoninien
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Estimate : | 1 200 € |
Price : | no bid |
Maximum bid : | no bid |
End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 14:52:41 |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 268
Mint name / Town : Cologne
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 20 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,61 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Postume. Revers inhabituel Jolie patine de collection ancienne légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
EG.122 - RCV.10956 (750$) - E.570 - Cunetio2467 - AGK.40 - RIC.311 - MRK.98 /42 (1000€) - C.163 (100f.)
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Bourgey
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 : IOVI - V-I-CTO-RI/ C|A.
Reverse description : Jupiter marchant à gauche, la tête à droite, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et tenant une haste transversale sur son épaule gauche.
Reverse translation : “Iovi Victori / Colonia Agrippinensis”, (À Jupiter victorieux/ Colonie d’Agrippine).
Commentary
Poids lourd. A conservé son argenture superficielle. Type rare avec les lettres C et A accostant Jupiter.