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LOT 3694
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269. Contemporary imitation. Imitating Treveri mint.
[IMP?] M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ꟼ-ΛM[...]-O, galley to left with helmsman and five oarsmen above waves and branch to left, M[...] below. Cf. RIC V.4 93; cf. CGE 124; cf. Bastien, Postume 87 and 364; cf. Banti 26. Very Fine. Very interesting barbarian imitation.(9.03gr, 25mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Private collection, France.
Private European collection.
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
