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ID number: BIRBI-R2340 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Postumus; Lugdunum Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 260-269 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.40 Weight (g): 9.16 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1461. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding two ensigns.
Inscriptions: Obverse: ᴦΠ… Mv … hT POSTVMVS Γ ᴦ ᴖvc (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: FI-DES MI-LIT... (Loyalty of the Soldiers).
Bibliography: RIC V 197
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