Details
LOT 3181
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Treveri mint; struck AD 266-267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Aesculapius standing facing, head to left, leaning on snake-entwined staff, globe at feet to right. RIC V.2 86 (Lugdunum) and 326 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 336d. Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 6h.(3.70gr, 20mm, 6h).
Provenance
From a London collection, 1990s.
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