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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2149248, member: 57495&quot;]Oooh, I picked up a good number of Postumus ants last year, but none so far this year.&nbsp; You&#039;re tempting me!</p><p><br /></p><p>The AD 268 date is probably from a chronology based on hoard studies, like <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/lateromancoinage/gallic/postumus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/lateromancoinage/gallic/postumus.html" rel="nofollow">this one of the Cunetio Hoard</a>.&nbsp; Your coin would be a later issue (6th emission) from the primary mint (Trier).</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Postumus is this double sestertius. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412195[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>POSTUMUS</b></p><p>AE Double Sestertius</p><p>9.87g, 26.9mm</p><p>Atelier II, 261 - 263 AD</p><p>Elmer 263; Bastien 152 (15 ex.)</p><p>O: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; </p><p>R: VIC[TORIAE A]VG, two Victories standing face to face, attaching shield to palm tree, captives seated left and right below, S C in ex.&nbsp; </p><p>Seller notes: &quot;<i>According to the attribution/classification by D. Gricourt and D. Hollard, this is an example of the first phase, engraver A.&nbsp; From the same dies as specimen 152g, reproduced in the work by P.Bastien, from the collection of J.P Garnier.</i>&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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