POSTUMUS 260-9AD
The main reverse types of the base silver antoniniani of Postumus arranged by mint and issue. There is some duplication of the reverse types between the issues which may be resolved by referring to the Cunetio hoard publication. The terms officina A, B and C are followed here and identify distinct strands of production, albeit from the same mint. There are few recognised cross officina die duplicates.
MINT | ISSUE | "OFFICINA A" | "OFFICINA B" |
TRIER, 260-9AD | ISSUE 1 | SALVS PROVINCIARVM | VICTORIA AVG |
HERC DEVSONIENSI | VIRTVS AVG | ||
LAETITIA AVG | HERCVLI MAGVSANO | ||
FIDES MILITVM | PM TRP COS II PP | ||
ISSUE 2 | SALVS AVG | PM TRP COS III PP | |
HERC PACIFERO | MINER FAVTR | ||
NEPTVNO REDVCI | VIRTVS AVG | ||
IOVI PROPVGNAT(ORI) | |||
ISSUE 3 | PAX AVG | PM TRP IIII COS III PP | |
FORTVNA REDVX | HERC DEVSONIENSI | ||
VICTORIA GERMANICA | SPEI PERPETVAE | ||
PROVIDENTIA AVG | FELICITAS AVG | ||
(MONETA AVG - officina C) | |||
ISSUE 4 | MERCVRIO FELICI | VIRTVS AVG | |
INTERNVTIVS DEORVM | PIETAS AVG | ||
SERAPI COMITI AVG | DIANAE REDVCI | ||
MARS VICTOR | DIANAE LVCIFER(A)E | ||
SALVS POSTVMI AVG | FIDES EXERCITVS | ||
SAECVLO FRVGIFERO | SALVS EXERCITI | ||
FORTVNA AVG | SALVS AVG | ||
PAX AVGVSTI | VBER(I)TAS AVG | ||
VIRTVTI AVGVSTI | |||
(SAECVLI FELICITAS - officina C) | |||
ISSUE 5 | PAX AVG | IOVI STATORI | |
PM TRP VIII COS IIII PP | HERCVLI ROMANO AVG | ||
REST(ITVTOR) ORBIS | ORIENS AVG | ||
CASTOR | REST(ITVTOR) GALLIAR | ||
PAX AVG (bust left) | IOVI CONSERVAT(ORI) | ||
ISSUE 6 | PAX AVG - P | ORIENS AVG - P | |
COS IIII | |||
ISSUE 7 | PACATOR ORBIS | COS V | |
IMP X COS V | |||
COLOGNE, 267-9AD | ISSUE 1 | COL CL AGRIP COS IIII | |
C C A A COS IIII | |||
IOVI VICTORI | |||
IOVI VICTORI C A | |||
ISSUE 2 | PM TRP X COS V PP | ||
MILAN 267-8AD | CONCORD (A)EQVIT | ||
Struck by Aureolus in the name | FIDES (A)EQVIT | ||
of Postumus | PAX EQVITVM | ||
SALVS AVG | |||
VIRTVS AVG | |||
VIRTVS (A)EQVIT | |||
VIRTVS EQVITVM |
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