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Message:: [QUOTE="Dafydd, post: 26067204, member: 86815"][ATTACH=full]1659753[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1659754[/ATTACH]SALUS FEEDING SNAKE RISING FROM ALTAR AND HOLDING SCEPTRE3.07 g 21.2 mm [ATTACH=full]1659756[/ATTACH] Roman Imperial Coinage, Postumus, Double-Sestertius, Trier, 260-9, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Fides standing left, holding two standards, 20.94g (RIC 123; Banti 12; Holmes 604). [ATTACH=full]1659757[/ATTACH] Postumus, Double-Sestertius, Trier, 260-9, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. galley left with four rowers, 18.92g (RIC 143; Banti 29; Holmes 612). [ATTACH=full]1659758[/ATTACH]  IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right [RESTITVT]OR GALLIAR, Emperor standing to left, holding spear, extending right arm to Gallia kneeling to right, holding spear(?). Mairat, 2014 (unpublished PhD Thesis), 72; RIC V.2 158 (Lugdunum); Bastien 30. 20.69g, 32mm, 6h. I'm fond of these double sestertii. Following is Carausius.[ATTACH=full]1659759[/ATTACH]Carausius, 287-293 Antoninianus Londinium circa 290-292, billon 22mm., 3.08g. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Pax, draped standing l., holding olive-branch in r. hand and vertical sceptre in l. hand. C 215. RIC 99.[/QUOTE]