442, Lot: 627. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lot of two (2) coins.
627a Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Radiate bronze (24.5mm, 9.74 g, 6h). Struck AD 260-268. IMP C M CASS LAT [POSTV]MVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [FE]LICITAS AVG, Felicitas standing left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC V 193; Bastien 276; Banti 9 var. (S C on rev.). Fine, dusty brown surfaces.
Bought from Coincraft, London, 1994. 627b Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Radiate bronze (25mm, 13.10 g, 8h). Struck AD 260-268. IMP C M CAS LA[T POSTVMVS P F] AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PROVIDENT[IA AVG], Ͻ S in exergue, Providentia standing left, holding globe and transverse sceptre. Cf. RIC V 220; Bastien 307a-b (same dies); Banti –. Fine, rough green patina.
Bought from David Miller 1997. . .