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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Postumus with a reverse showing Sol. Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Postumus, 259-268 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri 6th Emission (cgb) or Cologne (Sear and RIC), 268 CE
Size and Weight: 20mm x 22mm, 3.19g
Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: ORI-E-NS AVG
Sol standing left, radiate, right foot forward with knee bent, nude but for chlamys over left shoulder which flies out behind, right hand raised palm out in typical gesture, whip in left arm behind.
Field Marks: P in left field.
Provenance: coins4u1111 (eBay), November 2010
Ref: RCV (2005) 10964, RIC V 316; Cunetio 2451
BW Ref: 023 051 164
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