brm_645795 - POSTUMUS Sesterce
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Price : 380.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Sesterce
Date: 261
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 19,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire dans un état de conservation remarquable notamment au droit ! Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C POSTV-MVS. P. F. AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé 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// SC.
Reverse description : Galère voguant à gauche avec quatre rameurs et un pilote placé sous l'acrostolium.
Reverse translation : "Lætitia Augusti", (La Joie de l'auguste).
Commentary
La légende est pointée au droit, ce qui ne semblait pas signalé dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Bastien.
The legend is pointed to the obverse, which did not seem to be indicated in Pierre Bastien's work.
The legend is pointed to the obverse, which did not seem to be indicated in Pierre Bastien's work.
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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