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ID number: BIRBI-R2343 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): 2.80 Weight (g): 10.95 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2220. A. H. Baldwin, 1943 |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperor, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing l., holding spear in l. and raising with r. woman, draped and helmeted, kneeling facing r., holding spear.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS Ac (Imperator Caesar Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: RESTITOR GALLIAP (Restorer of Gaul).
Bibliography: RIC V 225
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