brm_988696 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce
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Type : Double sesterce
Date: 261
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 5,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, aux bords irréguliers. Joli buste au droit, dégénéré. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : TITULATURE DÉGÉNÉRÉE.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Postume à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TITULATURE DÉGÉNÉRÉE.
Reverse description : Galère voguant à gauche avec rameurs.
Commentary
Imitation.
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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