Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1073. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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POSTUMUS. Romano-Gallic Emperor, 260-269 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.84 gm, 6h). Mint city I (Trier). Struck circa 261 AD. IMP C POSTV-MVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / [V]IC[T]-OR-I A[V]G, Victory advancing left, foot on bound captive, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm across left shoulder. RIC V 172 var. (PIVS); Gricourt & Holland "Le trésor de romaines de Méricout-l'Abbé,"
TM XIII, 7; Bastien,
Postume 102; Banti 66; Cohen 387 var. (same). EF, attractive flat olive-green patina. Attractive portrait. ($2000)
From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 536.