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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2365
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Webb, Percy H.
Maker:  Postumus; Colonia Claudia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  260-269
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  2.75
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 384. Presented by Mr Percy H. Webb, 1921.
BIRBI-R2365.jpg

Description:  Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and sceptre in l.; P in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: D-A-X Π-V-G (Imperial Peace).

Bibliography:  RIC V 318

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the P in the field of the reverse is a mintmark (officina?) indicating Cologne.

4 Related People

Haines_Geoffrey-T.jpg
Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Webb, Percy H.
British
1856
04 March 1937
Postumus
Roman

269
Colonia Claudia
Roman


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