Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1191. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

POSTUMUS. Romano-Gallic Emperor, 260-269 AD. Æ Sestertius (21.23 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 bronzes romaines de Méricout-l'Abbé," TM XIII, 7; Bastien, Postume 102; Banti 66; Cohen 387 var. (same). EF, exceptional blue-green patina with traces of red-brown on the reverse. Highly detailed, artistic portrait. ($4000)