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RIC V Postumus 281

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RIC V Postumus 281, Aureus, Gold, struck at Cologne, 260–269 AD. Obverse: head of postumus, laureate, radiate, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing right, feeding snake held in arms; aesculalpius, walking left, head right, holding staff. Weight about g.
mint Cologne weight g (0)
ruler Postumus diameter ⌀ (0)
denomination Aureus axis ↕ (0)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Postumus, laureate, radiate, right

POSTVMVS PIVS AVG
reverse

Salus, draped, standing right, feeding snake held in arms; Aesculalpius, walking left, head right, holding staff

SALVS POSTVMI AVG

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RIC V Postumus 281 (ric.5.post.281), 260–269 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-v-postumus-281/ (accessed: 2026-10-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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