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Hi all , I have posted this before but have since cleaned it a bit , can anyone help with an id please , many thanks   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Looks like Postumus to me, maybe a Mars reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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BH is right with Postumus. One of the PM TRP COS... reverses, showing a god of some sort. Perhaps Mars, maybe Virtus or Jupiter.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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This looks pretty close: 
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Postumus (259-268) AR ant VF
Date: A.D. 260
Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
Reverse: P M TR P COS II P P
Mintmark: none (Köln or Lugdunum)
Reference: Sear 3121, RIC 54, Cohen 243 http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/postumus/t.html3rd coin down. |
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 United Kingdom
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Thanks guys , where would my collection be without you - in the wrong order probably . Thank you .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I also think it looks like Postumus.
But I swear I can read TETR on the legend. In which case we know it would be his right hand man Tetricus. Any chance of getting a bigger pic with emphasis on the upper legend ? I am viewing on my phone and may be seeing things that aren't there.
But I did take my meds so I don't think so
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United Kingdom
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I think I can see the stv at 12 o'clock for postumus?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Believe you are correctomundo ! My bad
Time to double up on those meds.
The portrait is a serious looking Postumus. Usually he has very happy go lucky look about him. I always liked that. Almost as if he wanted people to think of him as Mr Niceguy
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Almost as if he wanted people to think of him as Mr Niceguy It may well not be a co-incidence. He craved acceptance and as this coin shows he kept his silver content up when compared to the coins of Gallienus, Victorinus and Tetricus of around the same time. |
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He always makes me think of Santa Claus for some reason ?
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