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LOT 2966
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Treveri mint; struck AD 260. IMP C POSTVMVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PROVINCIARVM, river god Rhine reclining to left, resting arm on forepart of boat to left, cradling reed in left arm, which rests against urn to right. RIC V.2 87; RSC 355. Near Very Fine.(2.29gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
