Very Rare Colonia Agrippinensis Issue

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1054. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Antoninianus (2.74 g, 6h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 1st emission, AD 268. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding scepter and hurling thunderbolt; C to left, A to right. RIC V 311; Mairat 204; AGK 40; RSC 163. Good VF, a hint of roughness. Very rare.