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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1877690, member: 57495&quot;]<b>GALLIENUS VS POSTUMUS</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure if Gallienus saw his former general Postumus as his nemesis, but the man killed his heir Saloninus, wrested control of Germania, Britannia and Gaul away from him, and minted better coins than him.&nbsp; On his coins, Postumus looks famously jolly, ruling his breakaway Gallic Empire for 9 years, and as a final insult, outlived Gallienus as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317833[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>Antoninianus (3.0g, 19mm)</p><p>Rome Mint, 267 - 268 AD.&nbsp; </p><p>RIC 181 </p><p>O: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: DIANAE CONS AVG, gazelle right, XII in ex.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]317834[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>POSTUMUS</b></p><p>Antoninianus (3.39g, 21.5mm)</p><p>Cologne mint, 263 - 265 AD.</p><p>RIC 58</p><p>O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: FELICITAS AVG, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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