Postumus Ӕ Double Sestertius. Lugdunum, AD 261. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / LAETITIA AVG, galley right with four rowers. RIC 143; C. 179; Mazzini XXXV, 183 (this coin); Bastien 146l (this coin). 21.29g, 32mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine; beautiful old 'Tiber' patina, flan crack at 5-6h.
This coin cited in P. Bastien, Le Monnayage de Bronze de Postume (Wetteren, 1967);
This coin published in I.G. Mazzini, Monete Imperiali Romane Vol. IV (Milan, 1957);
Ex Giuseppe Mazzini (1883-1961) Collection;
Ex M. Ratto (Paris), Auction 3, 1 December 1932, lot 717.