Live auction - brm_578617 - POSTUMUS Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 315 € |
| Maximum bid : | 320 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 15:22:11 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 261
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur flan bien centré des deux côtés présentant une fine usure régulière. Joli buste, bien détaillé. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé 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 : LAETITIA// AVG.
Reverse description : Galère voguant à gauche avec quatre rameurs et un pilote placé sous l'acrostolium.
Reverse translation : "Lætitia Augusti" (La Joie de l'auguste).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3.
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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