Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1706. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Æ Sestertius (17.05 g, 6h). Mint I (Trier). Special emission, AD 261. Helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Postumus in military attire, standing left, holding globe and spear. RIC V 108; Mairat -; Bastien 108; Banti 49. VF, green and red patina, minor roughness, reverse struck slightly off center. Very rare.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.