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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Montmercure, post: 8244061, member: 121901&quot;]Hello everybody,</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I am interested in “the Gallic emperor” in other words : POSTUMUS, from whom I have just acquired a coin representing a caduceus on the reverse (..... theme of my quest with Mercury / Hermes / Turms).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the coin below</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451575[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AVERS : IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG</p><p>REVERS : SAECVLO FRVGIFERO</p><p>It is referenced: RIC V – 84 – Cohen 333 – AGK 78</p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, when I add a coin to my collection, I make its curriculum vitae and check the nomenclature. </p><p>Incidentally, I also play the &quot;<i>7 errors game</i>&quot; with identical coin that I can find on the net.</p><p><br /></p><p>This time, only one difference, but notable: <b>a dot just under the knot of snakes</b>, of which I found only very few other coins to have it (about 1 out of 20).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Below coin without dot</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451577[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any books/studies mentioning this feature?</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a collection of Postumus “SAECVLO FRVGIFERO”, have you noticed this particularity?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for your insightful answers.</p><p>François[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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