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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2374
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:  Silver and base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.15
Weight (g):  4.52
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1118. W. S. Lincoln, 1929.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Serapis, standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding sceptre in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SLHUUI C-OMITI AVG (To Serapis, the Companion of the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC V 329 var.

Notes:  Silvered. As opposed to RIC, there is no vessel in the background on the reverse.

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Postumus
Roman

269
Colonia Claudia
Roman


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