brm_214871 - POSTUMUS Double sesterce
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Double sesterce
Date: 261
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 21,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan très large et épais. Joli portrait. Frappe faible au revers. Jolie patine verte, granuleuse
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 Cassius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus", (L’empereur césar Marcus Cassius Latinius Postume pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LAETITIA/ -|-// AVG.
Reverse description : Galère voguant à droite avec quatre rameurs et un timonier tenant le gouvernail.
Reverse translation : "Lætitia Augusti", (La Joie de l'auguste).
Commentary
Poids très lourd.
Very heavy weight
Very heavy weight
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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