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Electronic Auction 442  17 Apr 2019
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Lot 599

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 450 USD
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Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. Radiate bronze (33mm, 25.6 g, 7h). Overstrike on sestertius of Hadrian. Struck AD 263-265. IMP C M CA[SS LAT PO]STVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust right / [P M T]R P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking right, holding spear and trophy. RIC V 114; Banti 52. Overstruck on an earlier sestertius, cf. Bastien 390. VF, brown surfaces, small area of hard green. Clear details of the undertype.

Ex Dix Noonan Webb A8 (5 October 2009), lot 5897.

This coin has been overstruck on a sestertius of Hadrian; the letters DRIAN and part of the head are still distinguishable on the obverse.
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