Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIX 26-27 Mar 2020
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Postumus AR Antoninianus. Gallic mint I (Cologne), AD 268. POSTVMVS AVG, radiate bust left in guise of Hercules, holding club over his right shoulder and lion skin over left / P M TR P VIIII COS IIII P P, bow, club and Skythian quiver. Schulzki, AGK p. 59, 65b (same reverse die); Elmer 560; RIC 292, pl. 13, 14 (this coin); Cunetio 2445; RSC 292. 3.54g, 21mm, 6h.
Mint State. Very Rare; undoubtedly among the finest recorded.
From the Brian Henry Grover Collection;
This coin published in P. H. Webb, The Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume V, Part 2 (London, 1933);
Ex L. A. Lawrence Collection, Glendining & Co., January 1951, lot 750 (part of);
Ex British Museum Collection.
The mints of the Gallic empire remain controversial. The only certain mint is Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne) whose signature C-A, rarely appearing on issue late in the reign, was given prominence to record the transfer of the mint at that time from some other place which, on the evidence of the pre-tetrarchic inscriptions, appears to be Treveri (Trier).
Mint State. Very Rare; undoubtedly among the finest recorded.
From the Brian Henry Grover Collection;
This coin published in P. H. Webb, The Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume V, Part 2 (London, 1933);
Ex L. A. Lawrence Collection, Glendining & Co., January 1951, lot 750 (part of);
Ex British Museum Collection.
The mints of the Gallic empire remain controversial. The only certain mint is Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne) whose signature C-A, rarely appearing on issue late in the reign, was given prominence to record the transfer of the mint at that time from some other place which, on the evidence of the pre-tetrarchic inscriptions, appears to be Treveri (Trier).