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ID number: BIRBI-R2344 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 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.85 Weight (g): 15.03 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 2877. Paris - Banks of Seine, 1953. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing laurel wreath and long beard, draped, holding shield and hand raised, facing l. Reverse: Emperor, helmeted and in military attire, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C Poᴐ...VMVS P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: D M TR P CƆ-… II P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune, Consul for the Second Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC V 107
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