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Numismatics

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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Postumus
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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