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Offline COINS FAN

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Postumus Virtus
« on: June 25, 2016, 02:33:27 pm »
Hello, can you help me find the mint on this coin? This for my collect but can you tell me his valor? Soul i clean it or not? And if i clean, how? There is a relief on obverse a 6h and on virtus head on reverse, so 2 coins break.
I think its
Obverse/  IMP C M CASS LAT POSTUMUS P F AVG
Reverse/ PM TRP COS II P P
12,89 grs for 30 mm.
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Offline PYL

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Re: Postumus Virtus
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2016, 02:57:31 pm »
double-sestertius

IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG
Imperator Cæsar Marcus Cassianus Latinius Postumus Pius Felix Augustus
P M TR P COS II P P
Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate Consul iterum Pater Patriæ
SC
Senatus Consulto

Bastien 63
de Witte 205
Cohen 246
RIC 106
Elmer 213
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Re: Postumus Virtus
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2016, 03:33:26 pm »
Hi,

The mints of Postumus are tricky. Current BM practice is that the buk of Postumus coinage is from a primary mint at Trier. As the bronze coinage mirrors (largely) the antoninianus coinage the good style pieces, such as this, should be assigned to the same mint. Bastien ascribes the same bronze coinage to Cologne.

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Mauseus
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Re: Postumus Virtus
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2016, 12:16:42 am »
Ok thank you. In case i would try to exchange those coins for others, is it some portraitures who's scarce i shouldnt exchange?
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