119, Lot: 302. Estimate $200. Sold for $207. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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POSTUMUS. 259-268 AD. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 30.74 g). Struck 261 AD. Cologne mint. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing right, holding reversed spear and shield set on ground. RIC V 180; cf. Mericourt, "L'Abbe Hoard' in
TM XIII (1992) 3; cf. Bastien,
Postume 77; Cohen 423. VF, dark green patina, a little rough.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.