Live auction - brm_619741 - POSTUMUS Antoninien

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XF/AU

Estimate :	1 200 €
Price :	2 550 €
Maximum bid :	2 550 €
End of the sale :	08 December 2020 15:28:11
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: 261

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 200 ‰

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,00 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire pour ce type sur un flan large et bien centré, fissuré à 4h. Très bel Hercule au revers. Buste à l’usure régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

C.129 - RIC.68 - E.287 - Cunetio- - AGK.30 - RCV.10947 (450$) - MRK.- - EG.17

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C 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 Postumus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Postume pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : HERCVLI MA-GVSANO.

Reverse description : Hercule nu debout à droite, la main droite appuyée sur la hanche, tenant de la main gauche la massue et la léonté enroulée autour ; la massue est posée sur un rocher.

Reverse translation : “Herculi Magusano”, (À Hercule Magusano).