E-auction 137-77266 - brm_261555 - POSTUMUS Antoninien
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 12 € |
| Maximum bid : | 18 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 November 2015 14:19:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Antoninien
Date: 262
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 200 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine gris foncé avec de petites concrétions vertes
Catalogue references :
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 : VIRT-VS AVG.
Reverse description : Virtus (La Virilité) ou Mars casqué, debout à droite, le manteau flottant sur l'épaule gauche, appuyé de sa main gauche sur son bouclier et tenant de la main droite une haste.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l'auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges à peine visibles sous le paludamentum. Légende de droit ponctuée. Portrait massif.
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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