E-auction 78-38598 - brm_306281 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce

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Estimate :	420 €
Price :	161 €
Maximum bid :	251 €
End of the sale :	13 October 2014 15:00:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Double sesterce

Date: 261

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : copper

Diameter : 33 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 20,32 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire sur un flan large, idéalement centré des deux cotés. Portrait remarquable de très beau style. Joli revers. Agréable patine verte

Catalogue references :

RCV.11070 var. (750$) - RIC.179 - B.54 (14 ex.) - RC.- - E.273 - C.422

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 Cassianus Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur césar Marcus Cassianus Latinius Postume pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VIRT-VS AVG/ S|C.

Reverse description : Soldat, Mars ou Postume, casqué, vêtu militairement debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et une haste longue de la gauche.

Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l’auguste).