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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2609899, member: 44316&quot;]I have collected barbarous radiates (from the Gallo-Roman empire c. 270 AD and found commonly in Britain) for decades. Here is a coin I got in 1991 that looks pretty close to official:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]570762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]570761[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>19 mm.</p><p>IMP C&nbsp; POSTVMVS PF AVG&nbsp; [in slightly irregular letters]</p><p>LIBERTAS [clear] PVBLICA [unclear, but likely]</p><p>Liberty standing with pileus (cap of liberty) and scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is interesting is both the (relatively) good style and reverse type. RIC lists LIBERTAS AVG as very rare, but lists no other LIBERTAS ... reverses for Postumus and <i>The Cunetio Treasure</i> has none at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, the options are that I have an &quot;unlisted&quot; official type with somewhat irregular workmanship for Postumus, a type which could be interpreted as advertising his revolt as being in favor of liberty (from the oppressive central empire), or might be an remarkably good style imitation that does not imitate a known reverse, which would be very unusual.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I solicit your thoughts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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