Exceptional Bust

CNG 84, Lot: 1352. Estimate $10000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 18.73 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Special emission (Æ), AD 261. Cuirassed and draped bust right, wearing ornate crested helmet with visor / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond, treading down bound captive seated left. RIC V 171; Mairat -; Bastien, Postume 111; Banti 65. EF, dark green patina. Exceptional bust.

Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 737.

Banti records only one specimen of this extraordinary type.