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ID number:  BIRBI-R2367
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Postumus; Colonia Claudia
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  260-269
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  3.25
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 1311. A. H. Baldwin, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, wearing lion-skin on shoulders, holding club over shoulder, facing l. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: POSTVMVᴐ AV-G (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: P-H-X H-V-G (Imperial Peace).

Bibliography:  RIC V 319

3 Related People

Postumus
Roman

269
Colonia Claudia
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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