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RIC V Postumus 21

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RIC V Postumus 21, Aureus, Gold, struck at Lugdunum, 260–269 AD. Obverse: bust of postumus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: hercules, standing right, leaning on club with right hand and holding bow and lion's skin in left hand. Weight about 5.9 g.
obverse RIC V Postumus 21
obverse: Bust of Postumus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC V Postumus 21
reverse: Hercules, standing right, leaning on club with right hand and holding bow and lion's skin in left hand
mint Lugdunum weight 5.87g (1)
ruler Postumus diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Aureus axis 6↕ (1)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Postumus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG
reverse

Hercules, standing right, leaning on club with right hand and holding bow and lion's skin in left hand

HERCVLI DEVSONIENSI
specimens (2)
British Museum 5.87g 6↕
British Museum (RIC V)

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RIC V Postumus 21 (ric.5.post.21), 260–269 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-postumus-21/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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