brm_165520 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce
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Type : Double sesterce
Date: c. 266-267
Mint name / Town : Atelier II
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré. Beau portrait.Revers à l’usure importante. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
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 : [LAETITIA// AVG].
Reverse description : Galère voguant à droite avec quatre rameurs.
Reverse translation : "Lætitia Augusti", (La Joie de l'auguste).
Commentary
Très belle surfrappe sur un as de Faustine Mère : le portrait de Faustine apparait nettement en pointant le revers à 9 heures.
Very nice overstrike on an ace of Faustine Mère: the portrait of Faustine appears clearly by pointing the reverse at 9 o'clock
Very nice overstrike on an ace of Faustine Mère: the portrait of Faustine appears clearly by pointing the reverse at 9 o'clock
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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