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LOT 3689
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). Very Fine.(3.13gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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