CNG 102, Lot: 1083. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Æ Double Sestertius (28mm, 22.77 g, 3h). Treveri (Trier) mint. 3rd bronze emission, AD 261. [IMP C M CA]SS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [LAETIT]IA [AVG], galley left with mast and three oarsmen and a steersman. RIC V 148; Mairat 193 var. (without mast); Bastien 87 var. (same); Banti 33. VF, tan and brown surfaces with a few spots of verdigris. Rare variety depicting the galley with a mast.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.