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ID number: BIRBI-R2324 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): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.27 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 1270. 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: Upper half of winged caduceus.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMD C DOSTVMVS P F ΠVC (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SHECVLO IHVCIFERO (Fruitful Age).
Bibliography: RIC V 84
Notes: Silvered.
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