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ID number: BIRBI-R2335 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): 3.25 Weight (g): 17.55 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3437. A. H. Baldwin, 1959. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing laurel wreath and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Galley, facing r., with four rowers and a steerman.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: LAETITIA AVC (Joy of the Emperor).
Bibliography: RIC V 144
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