Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1741. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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POSTUMUS. 260-269 AD. Æ Sestertius (20.81 gm). Mint city I (Trier). Struck circa 261 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; captive seated left before. RIC V 172; Gricourt & Holland "Le trésor de romaines de Méricout-l'Abbé,"
TM XIII, -; Bastien,
Postume 92; Cohen 387. Good VF, dark brown patina with spots of red, partial flat strike. ($500)
From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (14 July 1993), lot 337.