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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 June 2018 14:39:28 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Double sesterce
Date: 261-263
Mint name / Town : Atelier II
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan très large avec un beau buste de Postume. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M CASS LAT 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 Marcus Cassianus Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus", (L'empereur césar Marcus Cassianus Latinius Postume pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : P M TR P CO-S II P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Soldat, Mars ou Postume, casqué, vêtu militairement debout à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et une haste longue de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestas Consul secundus Pater Patriæ”, (Grand pontife revêtu de la puissance tribunitienne consul pour la deuxième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Avec un poids lourd, nous avons néanmoins affaire à un exemplaire de l’atelier 2, de très bon style. Monnaie surfrappée sur un sesterce d’Antonin le Pieux, dont le revers n’est plus identifiable.
With a heavy weight, we are nevertheless dealing with a example from workshop 2, of very good style. Coin overstruck on a sestertius of Antoninus Pius, the reverse of which is no longer identifiable
With a heavy weight, we are nevertheless dealing with a example from workshop 2, of very good style. Coin overstruck on a sestertius of Antoninus Pius, the reverse of which is no longer identifiable
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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