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ID number: BIRBI-R2334 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): 3.45 Weight (g): 21.47 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 4002. A. H. Baldwin, 1963. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Galley, facing r., with four rowers and a steerman.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: LAIETITIA ΛVG (Joy of the Emperor). In Exergue: c ᴖ (S C; Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC V 143
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