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ID number: BIRBI-R2333 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): 3.40 Weight (g): 25.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3941. A. H. Baldwin, 1962. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding two ensigns.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M CASS LAT POSVVMVS P ⱶ HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: FIDES M-I-LITv-M (Loyalty of the Soldiers).
Bibliography: RIC V 123
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