E-auction 102-53570 - brm_142236 - POSTUMUS Antoninien

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Estimate :	30 €
Price :	9 €
Maximum bid :	15 €
End of the sale :	30 March 2015 15:32:00
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Antoninien

Date: 266

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : billon

Millesimal fineness : 100 ‰

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 3,49 g.

Coments on the condition:

Flan ovale. Usure régulière. Concrétions vertes

Catalogue references :

RCV.10941 - C.80 - E.385 - Cunetio2425 - AGK.23 - RIC.60 - MRK.98 /32 - EG.61

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 : FORTVNA AVG.

Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant un gouvernail de la main droite et une corne d'abondance de la gauche.

Reverse translation : “Fortuna Augusti”, (La Fortune de l'auguste).

Commentary

Imitation ? La Fortune au revers semble démesurée, digne d’un atelier non officiel, même si le style et l’épigraphie permettent d’en douter.
Imitation? The Fortune on the reverse seems excessive, worthy of an unofficial workshop, even if the style and epigraphy allow us to doubt it.