Live auction - brm_646815 - POSTUMUS Sesterce

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AU/XF

Estimate :	500 €
Price :	260 €
Maximum bid :	260 €
End of the sale :	26 April 2022 15:34:58
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Sesterce

Date: 261

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : copper

Diameter : 31 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 16,56 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Métal légèrement piqué. Joli buste de Postume. Agréable patine verte

Catalogue references :

C.424 (4f.) - RIC.180 var. - B.56 pl. VII (1 ex.) - E.267 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMP C POST-VMVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste lauré, 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 : VIRT-VS AVG/ -|-// -.

Reverse description : Soldat, Mars ou Postume, casqué, vêtu militairement debout à droite, tenant une haste de la main droite et appuyé sur un bouclier de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Virilité de l’auguste).