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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2363
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:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  3.75
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 1281. 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: Sol, naked but radiate and cloaked, walking facing l., r. hand raised and holding whip in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP ᴗ POSTVMVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: OΠI-E-N-S HVG (The Rising Sun of the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC V 316

Notes:  Silvered.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Colonia Claudia
Roman


Postumus
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