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ID number:  BIRBI-R2375
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):  3.19
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 237. W. S. Lincoln, 1919.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Postumus, wearing radiate crown and long beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Fertilitas, draped, standing facing l., holding purse in r. and cornucopia in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C POSTVMV5 P F AVG (Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VBERTA-S ΠVC (To the Abundance of the Emperor).

Bibliography:  RIC V 237

Notes:  Silvered.

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Colonia Claudia
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Postumus
Roman

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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