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LOT 3684
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, galley to left. RIC V.2 73 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 57; RSC 167a (Lugdunum). Near Very Fine.(1.80gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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