Description
                                103, Lot: 188. POSTUMUS. 259-268 AD. Æ Double 
                                Sestertius (32mm, 20.67 gm). Treveri (Trier) 
                                mint. Struck 261 AD. Estimate $300. Sold for 
                                $220. 

                                POSTUMUS. 259-268 AD. Æ Double Sestertius (32mm, 
                                20.67 gm). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck 261 AD. 
                                Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / 
                                Postumus standing left, holding globe and spear. 
                                RIC V 109 var. (laureate); cf. Mericourt-l'Abbe 
                                Hoard, TM XIII (1992), 14; cf. Bastien, Postume 
                                390b. VF, brown patina. Overstruck on a 
                                sestertius of Faustina Junior.


From the CNG Online auction 103, Closed Dec 8, 2004.

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