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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2189269, member: 56859&quot;]I bought one of the other Providentias last summer at the World&#039;s Fair of Money.&nbsp; At the time, I&#039;d forgotten that I already had a Postumus (actually, two <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t seem to get the color right.&nbsp; Yesterday all of my pictures were coming out too green/blue.&nbsp; I tried to fix it editing but need to just try again.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]425133[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Postumus, 259-268 AD</b></p><p>antoninianus, 22.5 mm, 3.8 gm, Cologne</p><p>Obv: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left holding globe and transverse scepter</p><p>Ref: RIC V 323, Cologne (Not entirely certain of the mint or RIC number)</p><p><br /></p><p>...and another from a mixed lot.&nbsp; The green is as hard and shiny as enamel.&nbsp; The relief and devices are a little clearer in person but again my photographic efforts have failed.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]425141[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Postumus, 259-268 AD</b></p><p>antoninianus, 20 mm, 3.2 gm, Cologne</p><p>Obv:IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG; Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: ORIENS AVG; Sol walking left, raising hand and holding whip</p><p>Ref: RIC V 77, Cologne (again, not certain of mint and RIC number)</p><p>(edited; I had copied and pasted the wrong description <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>I keep misspelling his name!&nbsp; I type Posthumus every time and have to correct it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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