Postumus (260-269)
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Postumus, Emperor of Gaul
An interesting side trip in a journey through Roman history is presented by the Gallo-Roman Empire that controlled much of Europe from 260 (some say 259) to 273 AD.
Postumus is the first emperor of the so-called Gallic Empire that rose and ruled in opposition to the emperor Gallienus and lasted until the surrender of Tetricus in A.D. 274.
Postumus, in military dress, standing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and globe in left
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RIC89, Postumus: Antoninianus () ...
Postumus, AR Antoninianus, 260-269, Lugdunum
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Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right
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Hercules standing facing, head right, right hand resting on club, bow in left hand and lion's skin draped over arm ...
This Postumus portrait is a die-struck forgery by the early 19th-century master forger Carl Becker, one of the few forgers who could sometimes capture the spirit of a Roman coin in a die cut by his own hand.
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49877 Postumus. 259-268. Bi Antoninianus (2.90) . Radiate bust right /Fides Militum stg. l, hlg standard in each hand. SR-10940, RIC-59, C-67. Fine. $30 ...
Postumus, AD 259-268, Billon Antoninianus. Radiate bust rt./VICTORIA AVG, Victory advances left, captive at feet, Lugdunum mint, RIC 234.
Gallo-Roman (Postumus, etc.)
Gothic denarii (= Taman imitations)
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Greek silver fractions (fractional denominataions such as obols) ...
1012 (A.D. 259).--Postumus having got possession of Saloninus, and, to his own inexpiable dishonor, put him to death, Gallienus contented himself with placing his murdered son in the rank of the gods! ...
Victorinus, born to a family of great wealth, was a soldier under Postumus, the first of the so-called Gallic emperors. Victorinus held the title of tribunus praetorianorum in 266/267, and was co-consul with Postumus in 267 or 268.
Just prior to this catastrophe the western provinces of Gaul, Britain and Spain had been detached from the authority of the central government by the rebellion of Postumus, commander of the Rhine legions.
Coinage of the Gallic Empire from Postumus to Victorinus n° 596 à 608
Coinage from the military crisis between Aurelianus to Carinus n° 609 à 638
Coinage of the Late Empire between Diocletianus and Zeno n° 639 à 760
Byzantine coins n° 761 à 794 ...
Postumus
Gallic Emperor
259-268
Commander of the Rhine legions, he rebelled in 259, ruling Gaul, Spain and Britain for nine years. Confronting Laelianus in 268, he refused to allow his troops to sack Mainz and was assassinated.
Postumus issue, 2nd century BC, Head of Hercules right, wearing lion skin knotted at neck / ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, nude to the waist, holding eagle on outstretched arm, A… KB to right, rectangular Seleukid countermark of anchor to right.
Roman Silver Coins: Vol. 4, Gordian III to Postumus
161 pages illustrated throughout with 382 coin photos. With coin values.
$44 ...
 See also: Coin, Gallienus, Silver, Caesar, Revers
  
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