E-auction 211-137891 - brm_240159 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 42 € |
| Maximum bid : | 42 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 May 2017 14:16:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Double sesterce
Date: 261-263
Mint name / Town : Atelier II
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,50 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 15,72 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier à l’usure très importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Selon le classement de Daniel Gricourt et Dominique Hollard, exemplaire de la première phase, graveur A
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CASS LAT 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 : FIDES MI[LIT]VM.
Reverse description : Fides (la Fidélité) debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant une enseigne militaire dans chaque main.
Reverse translation : “Fides Militum”, (La Fidélité des armées).
Commentary
Dans sa nomenclature, Postume donnait ce double sesterce de poids très léger au graveur 1 de l’atelier II.
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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