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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