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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2583470, member: 42773&quot;]RIC 54 is correct, it&#039;s not unlisted. Postumus set out to coin ants of fairly high fineness, but by the time he inaugurated the Gallic Empire, Eastern ants had become quite debased. So trading Western ants for Eastern would have been swapping good money for bad. This forced the alloy in Postumus&#039; ants to become quite debased in a short time. That&#039;s why you get coins that look to be almost pure bronze, like yours, and others that have much &quot;better&quot; metal, like the one I sold in my last auction..</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s17.postimg.org/nwi72chxb/postumus_6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Postumus, AD 260-269</p><p>Billon antoninianus, Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne, Germany) mint, AD 260.</p><p>Obv.: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing slightly left, wearing helmet and military attire, globe in right hand, spear vertical in left hand.</p><p>Reference: RIC Vb 54 (Lugdunum), p. 341[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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