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ID number: BIRBI-R2341 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Postumus; Lugdunum Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 260-269 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 12.45 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3882. Spink, 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing facing r., holding club in r. and bow in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IHF C M SΛSS LΛT …SIVMVS Γ … ΛVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: H... DEVSONIENS... (To Hercules of Deuson).
Bibliography: RIC V 200
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