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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2189259, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;ve been rummaging through dozens of neglected mixed lot purchases and came upon this coin.&nbsp; Although [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] brought its rarity to my attention at the time, it still didn&#039;t capture my interest until further study this week.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425119[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Postumus, CE 259-268</b></p><p>antoninianus, 22 mm, 3.0 gm</p><p>struck CE 263 in Cologne</p><p>Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, leaning on a column, holding a scepter in her right hand and a cornucopiae in her left; at her feet to left, globe</p><p>Ref: RIC VII 81, Cologne; AGK (corr.) 70. Cunetio -. Elmer 334. Gilljam -.</p><p><br /></p><p>The green spots are hard-- not powdery-- and haven&#039;t changed since purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>A note about its rarity from an auction listing (<a href="http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=1781&amp;category=37210&amp;lot=1577930" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=1781&amp;category=37210&amp;lot=1577930" rel="nofollow">Obolos auction 1 by Nomos</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the usual public databases I&#039;ve found only five additional examples:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/postumus/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wildwinds.com/coins/ric/postumus/i.html" rel="nofollow">Wildwinds</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425120[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=postumus%2C+providentia&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0&amp;company=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=postumus%2C+providentia&amp;category=1-2&amp;en=1&amp;de=1&amp;fr=1&amp;it=1&amp;es=1&amp;ot=1&amp;images=1&amp;currency=usd&amp;order=0&amp;company=" rel="nofollow">ACsearch</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425121[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]425122[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]425123[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]425124[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>None were found in CNG&#039;s archives.&nbsp; I have a couple dozen old auction catalogs and haven&#039;t looked there yet.&nbsp; Nonetheless, it does appear to be a truly rare type.&nbsp; Does anyone other than a Postumus specialist care though?</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder what message was being sent by striking this particular reverse in the year 263.&nbsp; Providentia, a personification of foretelling, providence, future-telling, and the like... perhaps to its use was to project confidence of a favorable outcome for his invasion of Germania?</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Postumuses.&nbsp; Postumuii.&nbsp; Postumusses.&nbsp; Whatever. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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