E-auction 72-35024 - brm_126505 - VOLUSIAN Sesterce

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Estimate :	195 €
Price :	64 €
Maximum bid :	87 €
End of the sale :	01 September 2014 15:13:00
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Sesterce

Date: début 253

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 13,90 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Flan et métal irrégulier. Jolie patine marron-vert noir. Beau portrait. Joli revers de haut relief bien venu à la frappe

Catalogue references :

ROME 11/66 - RIC.251 a (S) - RC.2838 - C.35 (3f.)

Obverse

Obverse legend : [IM]P CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, drapé et cuirassé de Volusien à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A*2).

Obverse translation : “Imperatori Cæsari Caio Vibio Treboniano Gallo Augusto”, (À l’empereur césar Caius Vibius Trébonien Galle auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : FELICI-TAS PVBL[ICA]/ S|C.

Reverse description : Felicitas (la Félicité) drapée, debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant un caducée de la main droite et un sceptre transversal de la gauche, posant le coude gauche sur une colonne.

Reverse translation : “Felicitas Publica”, (La Félicité publique).