Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1738. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

POSTUMUS. 260-269 AD. Æ Double Sestertius (25.98 gm). Mint city II (Cologne). Struck circa 264-265 AD. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hercules standing left, holding branch, club, and lion's skin. RIC V 135; cf. Gricourt & Holland "Le trésor de romaines de Méricout-l'Abbé," TM XIII, 39; Bastien, Postume 145 (same dies as plate coin); Cohen 106. Choice VF, brown patina. ($500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.