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Postumus coin with a galley reverse Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Postumus, 259-268 CE
Mint and Date: Cologne, 260-265 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm x 22mm, 3.2g
Obverse: Radiate, draped bust right.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Reverse: Galley travelling to left over waves, 4 rowers and steersman.
LAETITIA
Exergue: AVG
Provenance: sniff277 (eBay), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2005) 10958, RIC V 73
BW Ref: 009 029 091
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