Hess-Divo AG > Auction 341Auction date: 13 December 2023
Lot number: 109

Price realized: 3,800 CHF   (Approx. 4,336 USD / 4,021 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


COINS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.  
POSTUMUS, AD 260-268. Sestertius, Cologne, about 261. AE 11.73 g. IMP C PO - STVMVS PF AVG Laureate and cirassed bust l., r. hand raised in greeting gesture. Rev. VIRT - VS AVG / S - C Virtus (or Mars) wearing military costume and helmet, standing r., holding lance with the r. hand, shield at side with the l. hand. Bastien, Postume 156, 123 (same dies); C. 425; RIC V/2 352, 180.

Rare. Beautiful light green patina. Obv. Almost extremely fine, rev. Very fine



Provenance:

Maurice Laffaille, Paris Collection.

Auction J. Vinchon, Paris 15 November 1989, 107.

Estimate: 750 CHF