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ID number: BIRBI-R2339 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): 3.10 Weight (g): 19.37 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 2878. Paris - Banks of Seine, 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mars, in military attire, walking facing r., holding spear in r. and leaning on shield with l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M CΔSS LΛT POSTVMVS P F ΛVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VLAT-V... ΛV-G (Imperial Courage).
Bibliography: RIC V 179
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