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ID number: BIRBI-R2332 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: 260-269 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.65 Weight (g): 35.03 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2031. Ex Levis Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Felicitias, draped, standing facing l., holding caduceus in r. and cornucopia in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M CASS LHT POSTVMVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: FELICI-TAS PVBLICΛ (Good Fortune of the [Roman] Public).
Bibliography: RIC V 122
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