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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2370
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):  3.86
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 1310. A. H. Baldwin, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing r., holding sceptre in l. and raising with r. woman, draped, kneeling facing l., holding cornucopia in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P P HVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PbST ORBIS (The Restorer of the World).

Bibliography:  RIC V 324

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Postumus
Roman

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Colonia Claudia
Roman


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