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Antoninianus of Gallic Empire with bust of Postumus

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 267–268
Mint: Gallic Empire, Mediolanum

Medium/Technique Billon
Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 3.53 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.1335
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Radiate, draped bust of Postumus right.
IMP[CPOSTVM]VSPFAVG
Reverse: Fides seated left, patera in right hand and ensign in left.
FIDESE QVIT in ex.: P
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.