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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R2362 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): 2.15 Weight (g): 2.49 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 387. Presented by Mr Percy H. Webb, 1921. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked but radiate and cloaked, walking facing l., r. hand raised and holding whip in l.; P in field, to l. Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C POSΓVMVS P F AV... (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: OΠI-E-N-S UVG (The Rising Sun of the Emperor). Bibliography: RIC V 316 Notes: In accordance with RIC, the P in the field of the reverse is a mintmark (officina?) indicating Cologne. |
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| Postumus Roman 269 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Colonia Claudia Roman | |
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