brm_570305 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce
250.00 €(Approx. 262.50$ | 207.50£)
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Type : Double sesterce
Date: 261-263
Mint name / Town : Atelier II
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 15,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier, centré. Usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
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Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Postume à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianus Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus", (Empereur César Marcus Cassianus Latinius Postume Pieux et Heureux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV-S AVG.
Reverse description : Mars debout à droite, tenant une haste de la main droite et appuyant son bras gauche sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Vertu de l’Auguste).
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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