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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7673596, member: 96898"]There are lots of splendid coins in this thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a group shot of my current Postumus subcollection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318229[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of these might deserve a write-up on CT at some point in the future. For example, the Rhenus reverse (2nd row, 4th coin) refers to Postumus efforts to secure the Rhine border and strengthen the Rhine fleet.</p><p>Minerva fautrix (3rd row, 1st coin) appears only on coins of Postumus and probably alludes to Minerva's support for Hercules, Postumus' favorite deity (see 1st row, 4th coin).</p><p>The appeareance of the Egyptian god Serapis (2nd row, 5th coin) on Gallic coins is certainly surprising. Yet there is evidence for a strong cult of Serapis among Roman sailors, and tombstones excavated in Cologne indicate that many Egyptians served in the 3rd century Rhine fleet.</p><p>Hercules deusoniensis (3rd row, 2nd coin), on the other hand, likely is a Romanized Germanic deity. His name probably refers to the Dutch town of Diessen. There is speculation about whether Diessen might have been Postumus' birthplace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7673596, member: 96898"]There are lots of splendid coins in this thread! Here is a group shot of my current Postumus subcollection: [ATTACH=full]1318229[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1318228[/ATTACH] Some of these might deserve a write-up on CT at some point in the future. For example, the Rhenus reverse (2nd row, 4th coin) refers to Postumus efforts to secure the Rhine border and strengthen the Rhine fleet. Minerva fautrix (3rd row, 1st coin) appears only on coins of Postumus and probably alludes to Minerva's support for Hercules, Postumus' favorite deity (see 1st row, 4th coin). The appeareance of the Egyptian god Serapis (2nd row, 5th coin) on Gallic coins is certainly surprising. Yet there is evidence for a strong cult of Serapis among Roman sailors, and tombstones excavated in Cologne indicate that many Egyptians served in the 3rd century Rhine fleet. Hercules deusoniensis (3rd row, 2nd coin), on the other hand, likely is a Romanized Germanic deity. His name probably refers to the Dutch town of Diessen. There is speculation about whether Diessen might have been Postumus' birthplace.[/QUOTE]
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