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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2491162, member: 19463"]I keep telling myself that I am not collecting Postumus but I keep buying ones I did not have. The one that arrived today is SAECVLI FELICITAS with bearded ruler holding globe and spear. I remain unconvinced by those who claim to know how to assign these to mints and find it interesting how many are sold giving the RIC number as 83 or 325 even though they list a mint name. I do not have, or read the languages, standard references to see if either of their systems make sense to me. I'd love to hear your opinions as long as they come with a suggestion of why that city makes sense over the competition. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is not my best Postumus but a decent one of the handsome gentleman. I do note that there are many types that seem to share fabric characteristics rather consistent to that type making it very hard to find some types in decent shape compared to others. I do wish someone would publish a discussion summarizing the study of these coins. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]527243[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Postumus 'em if you got 'em.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2491162, member: 19463"]I keep telling myself that I am not collecting Postumus but I keep buying ones I did not have. The one that arrived today is SAECVLI FELICITAS with bearded ruler holding globe and spear. I remain unconvinced by those who claim to know how to assign these to mints and find it interesting how many are sold giving the RIC number as 83 or 325 even though they list a mint name. I do not have, or read the languages, standard references to see if either of their systems make sense to me. I'd love to hear your opinions as long as they come with a suggestion of why that city makes sense over the competition. This is not my best Postumus but a decent one of the handsome gentleman. I do note that there are many types that seem to share fabric characteristics rather consistent to that type making it very hard to find some types in decent shape compared to others. I do wish someone would publish a discussion summarizing the study of these coins. [ATTACH=full]527243[/ATTACH] Postumus 'em if you got 'em.:angelic:[/QUOTE]
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