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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2315 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Postumus; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 260-269 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.30 Weight (g): 3.73 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1282. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, walking facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and sceptre in l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP G POSTVMVS P H HVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PAX HV-G (Imperial Peace). Bibliography: RIC V 78 var. Notes: Traces of silvering. As opposed to the RIC type, the figure on the obverse is both draped and cuirassed. |
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| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Postumus Roman 269 | |
| Lugdunum Roman | |
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