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LOT 2968
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Treveri mint; struck AD 260. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); RSC 377a (Lugdunum). Good Very Fine.(3.34gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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