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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2361
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Postumus; Colonia Claudia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  260-269
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.91
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 1117. W. S. Lincoln, 1929.

Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Mercury, naked but with cap, standing facing l., holding purse in r. and caduceus in l.

Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD C POSTVMVS D F HVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: MERCVR-I-O FELICI (To Mercury, the Bringer of Good Fortune).

Bibliography: RIC V 313

3 Related People
	Colonia Claudia Roman
	Postumus Roman 269
	Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14

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