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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Postumus with a reverse showing Hercules Deusoniensi. Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Postumus, 259-268 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri, 1st emission, 3rd phase; 260-261 CE
Size and Weight: 22mm, 2.74g
Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: HERC DEVSONIENSI
Hercules, nude, standing facing, head right, club in right hand resting on ground, bow held at waist level in left hand, lion-skin draped on left arm.
Provenance: arbeia_coins (eBay), May 2008
Ref: RCV (2005) 10944, RIC V 64; Cunetio 2383
BW Ref: 017 038 127
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