Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 4264

Price realized: 455 CHF   (Approx. 517 USD / 480 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor, 260-269. Double Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 24.84 g, 6 h), uncertain mint ('Atelier II'), circa 261-263. IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right. Rev. LAETITIA / AVG Small galley (navis lusoriae) with four oarsmen, steersman and mast with sail amidships, rowing to left above waves. Bastien 297 var. Cohen 183. RIC 148. A very rare variety with an unusual depiction of a Roman galley. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, very fine.


From a German collection, formed since the 1960s.

Starting price: 100 CHF