E-auction 9-2015 - brm_142786 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 77 € |
| Maximum bid : | 85 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2013 17:31:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Double sesterce
Date: 264-265
Mint name / Town : Atelier II
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 11,58 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait jeune. Bien centré. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Selon le classement de Daniel Gricourt et Dominique Hollard, exemplaire de la deuxième phase, 2e temps, graveur F
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 et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P CO-S II P P S/C//-.
Reverse description : Virtus (la Virilité) debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et une longue haste pointée vers le haut de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul iterum Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife, revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne, consul pour la deuxième fois, père de la patrie).
Commentary
Buste étonnamment jeune pour un double sesterce réduit.
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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