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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3241495, member: 19463&quot;]I wish I could convince myself of the purpose of that P in the field.&nbsp; If it is the officina which seems obvious, where are are coins with other letters from other shops?&nbsp; Add to that the fact that there are coins of Victorinus with a V in field and I get curious.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848611[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many style variations for Postumus but I also remain unconvinced that we have the mints assigned correctly.&nbsp; It does make sense that the coins with better silver are earlier but I really need to spend some time reading up on Postumus before I feel comfortable with the subject.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848612[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]848614[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I am fond of the unique to Postumus reverse showing Hercules, patron god of, possibly (?), his home town, Deuso.&nbsp; HERC DEVSONIENSI</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumus</a></p><p>This is one of those historical facts lost to time but suspected from coin evidence.&nbsp; Where was Postumus born?&nbsp; We have no birth certificate. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]848613[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;It also comes in AE double sestertius version.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]848615[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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