brm_252658 - POSTUMUS Antoninien, imitation
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Antoninien, imitation
Date: 268
Mint name / Town : Irregular mint
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très jolie imitation bien centrée sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Remarquable portrait ! Patine grise
Catalogue references :
C.215 var. - RIC.318 var. - E.565 var. - Cunetio2450 var. - AGK.52 a var. - RCV.- - MRK.- - EG.41 var.
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 : PAX - AVG.
Reverse description : Pax (la Paix) drapée, debout à gauche, brandissant une branche d'olivier de la main droite et tenant un sceptre transversal de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pax Augusti”, (La Paix 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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