"postumus Treves Aureus"

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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 04/16/2017 1:50 pm In doing some background research on a Postumus antoninianus I intend to post, I came across this image: This appears in conjunction with a biography of Postumus, there purported to be an aureus dating to 268 AD. No reverse is shown. What meager provenance it has can be viewed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:...ld_7400g.jpg With a logical follow-up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin...C3%A9dailles I have no confidence that it's a bona fide ancient, but rather some sort of far more modern piece of art. Is anybody familiar with this particular "coin"? Colligo ergo sum Edited by Lucky Cuss 04/16/2017 5:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff

bsr045 New Member Canada 31 Posts	Posted 04/16/2017 2:06 pm from british museum: http://www.coinproject.com/coin_det...?coin=302897 Wether that particular coin is modern I dont know, but it is known that this type was minted in 268 by postumus. Edited by bsr045 04/16/2017 2:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/16/2017 3:08 pm A well known type. I believe the image is from the one in the BM collection. Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 04/16/2017 5:07 pm Quote: A well known type. Well, I then stand corrected. The portrait is so atypical, and the legend so abbreviated, that it just didn't seem like it could date to that time. Plus I hadn't seen a corresponding catalog entry. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 04/16/2017 6:13 pm Postumus was famous for the quality of his coinage ! Both in metal content and in the high quality portraiture. The facing portraits are well known (I believe Sear volume IV has one on the cover) and fetch amazing prices. The die cutters were obviously showing off their skills and considering the awful coinage of the later Gallienus issues must have made quite an impression. I suspect that in AD268 these must have been veeery desirable to have buried away. I am sure the local "authorities" in Rome might have taken a dim view of any merchant carrying them on his person ! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/16/2017 6:55 pm My copy of Roman Imperial Coinage illustrates a left inclined 3/4 facing bust of Postumus R.I.C. 277 obverse only. No reverse noted or illustrated Sear however, illustrates both obverse and reverse as R.I.C. 277, as S 3103, left inclined 3/4 facing bust. Curiously, the coin that Sear illustrates has a different obverse die to that shown in R.I.C. although the catalogue number of both is the same. Considering the fame of this coin type, I have no doubt that many very convincing fantasies of this coin have been created over the last 200 years, in good gold. Edited by sel_69l 04/16/2017 7:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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