Becker Forgery

290, Lot: 437. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Postumus. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 260-269. AR “Aureus” (20mm, 3.52 g, 6h). Modern forgery by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-1830. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Three radiate head’s of Sol, one facing right, one facing forwards, the last facing left. Hill, Becker 223. VF, toned.