Live auction - brm_482263 - POSTUMUS Sesterce

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Estimate :	500 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	05 June 2018 14:38:48

Type : Sesterce

Date: 261

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : copper

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 24,28 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan très épais à l’usure superficielle. Joli buste et beau revers. Patine marron, verte dans le champ au revers

Catalogue references :

C.423 (4f.) - RIC.180 - B.52 d (10 ex.) - E.267

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C POST-VMVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, 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 : VIRT-VS AVG/ S|C.

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

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