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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Postumus with a reverse showing a galley Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Postumus, 259-268 CE
Mint and Date: Cologne, 260-265 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm x 22mm, 3.35g
Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped bust right.
Reverse: LAETITIA
Galley travelling to left over waves, with four rowers and a steersman.
Exergue: AVG
Provenance: sniff277 (eBay), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2005) 10958, RIC V 73; Cunetio 2385
BW Ref: 009 029 091
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