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ID number: BIRBI-R2331 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Postumus; Lugdunum Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 260 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.30 Weight (g): 20.76 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 710. Sale in Rome, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and spear in l.; S C in field, to l. and r. of figure respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P I AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: P M TR P CO-S I-Γ P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC V 110
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