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Buy or Bid Sale 217  30 Nov 2021
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Lot 331

Estimate: 650 USD
Price realized: 650 USD
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Postumus. Double Sestertius; Postumus; 260-268 AD, 260-1 AD, Double Sestertius, 17.54g. Cf. Bastien-104; RIC-131, C-94 (10 Fr.). Obv: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r., seen from front. Rx: HERC DEVS - ONIENS[I] Hercules standing r. holding club set on ground in r. hand and bow in l. hand, lionskin draped over l. arm. From the same obverse die as Bastien pl. IX, 63f (rev. P M TR P COS II P P S - C Mars standing) and as Bastien pl. XIV, 77e1 (rev. FIDES MILITVM standing holding two standards)Excellent portrait struck on a broad flan. Much better than the typical crudely struck sestertius of this emperor. EF
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