Well Struck Double Sestertius

CNG 99, Lot: 704. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Æ Double Sestertius (34mm, 31.75 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. 3rd bronze emission, AD 261. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [FIDES] MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head left, holding signum in each hand. RIC V 123; Mairat 189; Bastien, Postume 77; Banti 12. Near EF, handsome brown surfaces. Well struck on a large flan.