442, Lot: 619. Estimate $200. Sold for $131. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Radiate bronze (28.5mm, 15.69 g, 11h). Struck AD 260-268. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAE [AVG], SC in exergue, two Victories standing face to face, fixing shield to palm tree, at base of which are two seated captives. RIC V 166 var. (bust type); cf. Bastien 39 and 164; Banti 76. VF, attractive gray green surfaces, a little weakness of strike on the reverse.
Ex Burgan 30 (3 July 1992), lot 1008.
This coin seems to vary stylistically from both types illustrated by Bastien.