brm_681814 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce
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Type : Double sesterce
Date: 264-265
Mint name / Town : Atelier II
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 21,85 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Joli buste. Frappe molle au revers. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
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 Marcus Cassius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marcus Cassius Latinius Postume pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LA[ETITIA]/ -|-// AVG.
Reverse description : Galère voguant à droite avec quatre rameurs.
Reverse translation : "Lætitia Augusti", (La Joie de l'auguste).
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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