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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2004573, member: 57495&quot;]These are the 3 Postumus coins I mentioned buying in a recent thread.&nbsp; They aren&#039;t the $8 and $12 bargains that Doug and Mat showed in that thread and cost me on average about $21 a piece postpaid.&nbsp; Apart from demonstrating that I&#039;m more of a Tetricus than a Trajan when it comes to dominating the bargain coin scene, I think it probably also goes to show that I need to buy fewer (Postumus) coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I&#039;m curious to know what you guys think of them.&nbsp; I can&#039;t say I&#039;m a fan of the even black color and glossy surfaces of the Jupiter and Pax coins.&nbsp; I would be surprised if they were natural and in general I much prefer the gray billon coins of Postumus.&nbsp; In hand the &quot;dark patina&quot; of those two coins seem to suck in all the light and make the details hard to see.&nbsp; I do think they photographed quite nicely though, and I especially like the portrait of the Jupiter coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359734[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>POSTUMUS</b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>2.38g, 19mm</p><p>Cologne mint, 268 AD</p><p>RIC V 311.&nbsp; </p><p>O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate draped bust right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter standing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359735[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>POSTUMUS</b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>4.22g, 23mm</p><p>Trier mint, 268 AD</p><p>RIC 318.&nbsp; </p><p>O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding transverse scepter in left hand and olive branch in right hand; P to left. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359736[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>POSTUMUS</b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>3.4g, 21mm</p><p>Trier mint, 267 AD</p><p>RIC 329.&nbsp; </p><p>O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: SERAPI COMITI AVG, Serapis standing left, raising hand &amp; holding sceptre.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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