Antoninianus - Postumus P M TR P COS II P P

Features

Issuer Gallic Empire (Roman splinter states)
Emperor Postumus (260-269)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 260-261
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus (260-274)
Composition Billon
Weight 3.2 g
Diameter 21.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
161723
References RIC V.1# 54
Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Radiused, draped and cuirassed bust of Posthumus on the right, seen from three quarters forward.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Postumus Pius Felix Augustus

Reverse

Postume or Virtus (Bravery), helmeted, militarily dressed, standing left, holding a globe in her right hand and a haste in her left.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: PM TRP COS II PP

Unabridged legend: Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate [indutus] Consul II iterum Pater Patriae

Mints

Augusta Treverorum / Treveri, modern-day Trier, Germany
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, modern-day Cologne, Germany
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Posthumus, whose real name was Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus, seized the purple on July 6, 260 by eliminating Salonin, the son of Gallien, of which he had the guard. He reigns on Gaul, Brittany and Spain. Did Posthumus cherish the idea of conquering the Roman Empire? Gallien, twice, will try to reconquer the pars occidentalis of the Empire, but without success. Posthumus was to remain in power for nine years, before being assassinated in June 269 for having refused the sack of Mainz, a city which had supported Gallien.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (260-261)  50% (fr) Cologne.
ND (260-261)  21% (fr) Lyon.
ND (260-261)  33% (fr) Trèves.

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