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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 2862556, member: 87200&quot;]<b>Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus</b> was a Roman commander of provincial origin who ruled as emperor in the west. The Roman army in Gaul threw off its allegiance to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallienus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallienus" rel="nofollow">Gallienus</a> around the year 260, and Postumus assumed the title and powers of emperor in the provinces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gaul" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Gaul" rel="nofollow">Gaul</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" rel="nofollow">Germania</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Britain" rel="nofollow">Britannia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania" rel="nofollow">Hispania</a>, thereby founding what scholars have dubbed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Empire" rel="nofollow">Gallic Empire</a>. He ruled for the better part of ten years before he was murdered by his own troops. (courtesy Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>I won this coin in [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] &#039;s auction of last week. It is interesting in many respects but particularly because it depicts the Graeco-Egyptian god Serapis on the reverse. Introduced by Ptolemy I Soter, the deity was supposed to unify the pantheons of Egyptian and Greek gods so that one deity would appeal to disparate groups of worshipers. The cult of Serapis spread throughout the Roman Empire, even into the Western provinces, as evidenced by this coin of Postumus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG</p><p>Radiate, draped, cuirassed but right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: SERAPI COMITI AVG</p><p>Serapis standing left, raising hand and holding sceptre</p><p><br /></p><p>Year: 267 C.E.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: RSC 360a, Sear 10991</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint: Trier</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]682204[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]682207[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you like it and feel free to post your Gallic&#039;s here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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