Postumus Antoninius upgrade

Finally found a nice Postumus as an upgrade for my badly cracked green stuff coin.
These approx. 10% silver contence coins are not easy to find in good condition.

part of a 7 coin lot bought on a local site for $39 incl shipping, with other nice coins as Agrippa , Claudius Gothicus, Gratian , Gallinenus and Marcus Aurelius.






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Nice! It kinda looks like Doug.

 

Talk about deal of the century! Congrats on the beautiful Postumus

My best looks far worse than yours...before the upgrade! But you asked, so here is the man who started the Gallic empire.


Postumus
Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD
260-269. Æ Irregular mint –
"Mint II". 2nd bronze phase, first
period, AD 264-266. Radiate,
draped, and cuirassed bust right
/ Pax advancing left, holding
branch and scepter
Congrats again on the score and beautiful coin.

 

WOW, great upgrade @Andres2 !

Here are a couple:


RI Postumus 259-268 CE Antoninianus Cologne Oriens ex tif


RI Postumus struck by Aureolus 268 CE Revolt of Milan Concordia

 

I'd say the Postumus alone was worth that! Nice pickup!

 

Great coin, looks to be a bargain lot. congrats on a terrific upgrade.

 

Here's a SERAPI COMITI AVG type...of Postumus. Egyptian god Serapis.

 

Nice!

 

That new one looks awesome, Andres. Do we get to see the other coins in the lot?


POSTUMUS
Billon Antoninianus. 4.34g, 23.8mm. Trier mint, 1st emission, 3rd phase, AD 260-261. RIC V 64; Mairat 12-7; AGK 25; RSC 9. O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: HERC DEVSONIENSI, Hercules standing right, holding bow and lion's skin in left hand and club in right hand.

 

@zumbly, at your service:

 

Nice assortment! Plenty of bang for your buck .

 

I can not imagine why anyone would collect coins of such an ugly fellow.

This double sestertius comes with a bonus Antoninus Pius undertype. His profile is above and right of that of Postumus. The Postumus reverse was the galley but what was the Pius?

 

My thoughts exactly!

 

Postumus, AD 260-269
Roman AR Antoninianus; 2.39 g, 19.4 mm, 12 h
Cologne, AD 265-268
Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right
Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding globe and hasta pura
Refs: RIC 80; Cohen 295; DeWitte 247; RCV 10977; Hunter 75.

 

My only Postumus and from a hoard.

Postumus 260-269, Billon Antoninianus, 3.60g., 23mm, Colonia Agrippina mint A.D. 261,
radiate draped bust of Postumus right, IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG,
rev., Postumus standing left, P M TR P COS II P P, (RCV 10971; RIC 54)

Ex South Petherton Hoard, Somerset, England, 2013.