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ID number: BIRBI-R2342 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Postumus; Lugdunum Denomination: Dupondius Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 260-269 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 12.76 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Barber Acquisition 0012B. A. H. Baldwin, July 1971, Ex Sir A. Fountain Collection. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Hercules, naked, standing facing l. in temple, holding club in r. and lion-skin in l.(?)
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M GH… LAT POSTVMVS P Γ IVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: HERC DEVS-OW...IVNSI (To Hercules of Deuson).
Bibliography: RIC V 202
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