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RIC V Postumus 144

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RIC V Postumus 144, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Lugdunum, 260–269 AD. Obverse: bust of postumus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of postumus, laureate, draped, right, or bust of postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of postumus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: galley, left or right, with three or four rowers and steersmen. Weight about 17.5 g.
obverse RIC V Postumus 144
obverse: Bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Postumus, laureate, draped, right, or bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Postumus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC V Postumus 144
reverse: Galley, left or right, with three or four rowers and steersmen
mint Lugdunum weight 17.47g (5)
ruler Postumus diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Sestertius axis 5↕ (5)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Postumus, laureate, draped, right, or bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, or bust of Postumus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
reverse

Galley, left or right, with three or four rowers and steersmen

LAETITIA AVG or LAETITIA AVG SC
specimens (10)
British Museum 17.52g 6↕
British Museum (RIC V)
British Museum 22.06g 6↕
British Museum (RIC V)
British Museum 17.00g 1↕
British Museum (RIC V)
British Museum 16.83g 5↕
British Museum (RIC V)
British Museum 13.93g 6↕
British Museum (RIC V)

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RIC V Postumus 144 (ric.5.post.144), 260–269 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-postumus-144/ (accessed: 2026-08-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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