ANCIENT ROMAN MILITARY GENERAL AUREOLUS COIN PENDANT WITH STUNNING RICH GREEN BRONZE PATINA

IN 14KY GOLD

267 A.D.

With its rich blue-green ancient bronze patina, this is probably one of the most richly patinated ancient bronze coins I have encountered in my 23 year experience.  This is a rare bronze GENUINE ancient Roman antoninianus coin featuring the Roman emperor POSTUMUS.  It was minted in 267 A.D. and is dedicated to Postumus' military general Aureolus.  The level of the detail and preservation of the profile of Postumus is of THE FINEST COLLECTOR QUALITY, rare for this type of issue.  The color of the bronze patina contrasts handsomely with the 14K yellow gold polished pendant setting.  Equally fitting for either a man or a woman to wear, no doubt, this piece will really make for a unique and interesting fine jewelry pendant in comparison to the vast amount of cliché, mass-produced jewelry found in nearly every store today.

Postumus was a Gallic Roman emperor of ancient Gaul, Hispania, Germany, and Britain.  The center of his empire was established in Cologne.  Postumus set up his own senate, consuls and praetorian guard for protection.  After successfully defending Gaul against the German barbarians, he represented himself as the restorer of the Gallic peoples. 

Having been usurped in power of the region by Postumus, Gallienus launched a campaign to defeat Postumus in 263 A.D..  Despite early success in wresting back power from Postumus, Gallienus suffered a serious wound by an arrow and had to leave the battlefield leading to a failed attempt at defeating Postumus.  Weighed down with even further series of crises after this, Gallienus was never able to defeat Postumus and gave up in the attempt.  One factor in complicating this was that Aureolus, a general of Gallienus who was in command of Milan, defected to the side of Postumus, the very enemy that Gallienus hired him to watch. 

Overall diameter is 21 mm, between the size of a U.S. penny and nickel.

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