v16_0655 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce imitation, (MB, Æ 21)
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 165.00 €
Type : Double sesterce imitation, (MB, Æ 21)
Date: après 263
Mint name / Town : atelier 2
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 4,55 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une liste P. F. Jacquier 27, 2001, n° 320
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C P[OSTVMVS 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) marchant à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un sceptre transversal de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (la Paix de l’auguste).
Commentary
Exemplaire de petit flan.
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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