RIC V Postumus 281

Typological Description

• Date Range

  • From Date: AD 260
  • To Date: AD 269
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Aureus
• Material: Gold

• Authority

  • Authority: Postumus

• Geographic

  • Mint: Cologne
  • Region: Lower Germany

• Obverse

  • Legend: POSTVMVS PIVS AVG
  • Type: Head of Postumus, laureate, radiate, right
  • Portrait: Postumus

• Reverse

  • Legend: SALVS POSTVMI AVG
  • Type: Salus, draped, standing right, feeding snake held in arms; Aesculalpius, walking left, head right, holding staff
  • Deity: Salus
  • Deity: Asclepius