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ID number: BIRBI-R2338 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): 3.00 Weight (g): 23.02 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 168. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing laurel wreath and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, walking facing l., holding laurel wreath in r. and palm in l.; bound captive at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C POSTVM-VS PIVS F AVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: vICT-O-R-IA AVG (Imperial Victory). In Exergue: S C (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC V 172
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