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RIC V Postumus 139

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RIC V Postumus 139, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Lugdunum, 260–269 AD. Obverse: bust of postumus, radiate, draped, right. Reverse: hercules, standing right, leaning on club with lion's skin on rock. Weight about 18.3 g, diameter 32.0 mm.
obverse RIC V Postumus 139
obverse: Bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, right
reverse RIC V Postumus 139
reverse: Hercules, standing right, leaning on club with lion's skin on rock
mint Lugdunum weight 18.31g (2)
ruler Postumus diameter ⌀32.0 (1)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (1)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, right

IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG
reverse

Hercules, standing right, leaning on club with lion's skin on rock

HERC MAGVSANO
specimens (3)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 19.26g ⌀32.0
British Museum 17.36g 6↕
British Museum (RIC V)

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RIC V Postumus 139 (ric.5.post.139), 260–269 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-postumus-139/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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