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Yes, Trier, which became an imperial residence in the 4th century, is apparently now favoured to be the location of the mint that produced these coins. I think Cologne is also a possibility.
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As stated in the initial email, the diameter is 30mm and the coin weighs 17.4g. I don‘t think that these coins circulated by weight, though. The reduction in weight and size was probably necessary at the onset of the inflation of the 260s when the metal was needed to churn out ever larger numbers of coins to keep up with the deteriorating purchasing power of the non-gold denominations. To put it differently, the military crises undermined the Roman government‘s fiscal condition. To keep up with their nominal payment obligations, they increased the number of coins in relation to the unchanged (or even diminishing) amount of goods and services, which led to rising prices and the need to produce even more coins.
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Here is my attempt at photographing my new Postumus sestertius. Unfortunately, this is not really better than the seller's picture. However, the coin is fantastic in terms of condition and style. Much better in hand, as they say.
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Nope, this one is gone for good. I had pictures of other coins which were stolen and I got a lot of them back. One batch came to the market excatly 10 years after the burglary. They were offered to a Paris auction house by a man from Morocco. The auction house impounded the coins and I got them back. One coin a Suevian solidus turned up at another Paris auction house, but the auction house (Bourgey) refused to act and the coin was sold on and dissappeared again. Suevic solidus in the name of Honorius (Stolen coin) - Münzen (colleconline.com)
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Do you know if this thesis is available online? I couldn't find it. PS Thanks for the information, this is extremely helpful.
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I learned a lot from this thread and from a book chapter that Dominic sent to me by private message. My main takeaway is that the question of the mints is complicated and controversal despite a lot of research that has been done. I was particularly interested to hear that a mint has been discovered at Trier. Here are my other two Postumus sesterti: Obv.: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMUS P F AVG Rev.: VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; captive at feet to left. Mint: Trier (or Cologne) Date: AD 261 Measurements: 14.39 gr, 26mm RIC 169 ------------------ Obv.: IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG. Rev.: LAETITIA/ -|-// AVG. Mint: Trier or Cologne (Atelier II) Date: 264-265 Measurments, 12.69 gr, 26.5 mm, 12h Rarity : R1 Ex CGB, October 2023
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When one She-wolf isn't enough, you got to get two !
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The Probus with Lupa-reverse from Siscia is actually fairly scarce and historically interesting. The unusual legend ORIGINI AVG has been interpreted to mean that Probus originated from Siscia. -
When one She-wolf isn't enough, you got to get two !
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While the item below looks like a Roman coin, it was probaly not a coin (in the strict sense) and it was certainly not Roman, but Gothic. The coin was struck from official dies, which the Goths obtained during the sack of Alexandria Troas in AD 262. The dies were overused and partially recut. The dies were originally intended for the minting of provincial bronze coins. -
When one She-wolf isn't enough, you got to get two !
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I think this Probus has not yet been shown in this thread. OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG REVERSE: ORIGINI AVG = she-wolf feeding Romulus and Remus BUST TYPE: E1 = radiate, helmeted bust left, holding spear and shield FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIT WEIGHT 3.26g / AXIS: 12h / DIAMETER: 20-22mm RIC 701, ALFOLDI 040.004 -
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I got the Sestertius of Postumus below from a fixed price site and I really like the piece (sorry for the low quality picture). It seems that large numbers of sesterti were minted at the beginning of Postumus' reign. However, if you scroll through acsearch, the vast majority was made crudely or is in poor condition. Finding one in attractive condition is actually quite rare. So even while the type is common, the condition it is in makes it quite rare. The same is true for the style. Many of Postumus‘ sesterti show a rather crude style (which can be charming), but the style of the coin below is quite impressive. I have only three Postumus sesterti and I always wondered about the mint. For the type below, I have found attributions to Cologne, Treveri and Lyon. However, based on the distribution of active mints during the reign of Gallienus, i think that Lyon and Treveri were not producing any coins during this phase. Does anybody have a view on this? Post your Postumus sestertius 🙂 Avers: IMP.C.M.CASS.LAT.POSTVMVS.PF.AVG Revers: FIDES.MILITVM Measurements: 17.4 gr, 30mm IC:123/C:76/Bastien,Postume.69/
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Congratulations on both the PhD and the nice cabinet. This reminded me that it will be 25 years next year since I obtained my PhD. The day after the defence of my thesis I went to Baldwin‘s and bought myself a Sceatta as a little reward. Unfortunately, the coin was stolen in a burglary a couple of years later.
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Interesting, I didn't know about this mintmark. I'm glad to hear that overpaying happens to others too. I overpaid on the coin below. It is a common type, but I fell in love with the portrait and I was apparently not the only one. I think it is one of the most beautiful portraits of Constantinus II on any coin, and I value the coin for that, but I also know that I would not get my money back if I decided to sell it.
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I found this: "CONOB. Constantinopoli obryzum. The solidus weighed 1/72 of the Roman pound. "OB" was both an abbreviation for the word obryzum, which means refined or pure gold, and is the Greek numeral 72. Thus the exergue CONOB coin may be read "Constantinople, 1/72 pound pure gold." -- "Byzantine Coinage" by Philip Grierson" However, O= 700 (zeta is 70), Beta = 2, so OB would be 702 and not 72, or am I wrong? Anyway, if the abreviation CONOB was understood in antiquity, there was little reason to change the OB, unless these coins were minted to a different standard. However, I think in the late 5th century the OB was no longer understood and could be changed. Under Baduila, gold coins with the abreviation CONOT for Ticinum were minted and I think CONOR, was originally intended to mark coins from Ravenna, as coins from Rome were distinguishable by the mark COMOB. The picture shows a Tremissis minted in the name of Iustinian by Totila-Baduila in Ticinum, as indicated by the mintmark CONOT. Also at the time Ticinum was the only mint left under Gothic control.
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The earliest examples I could find are in the name of Leo I and Basiliscus. CONOR is mostly found on coins of Zeno though and Hahn reckons that 1/10th of Zeno‘s solidi show the CONOR sigle. One possibility is this: With the exact meaning of CONOB already obscure in antiquity, the mint of Ravenna altered it by replacing B with R. Then this new CONOR mintmark was copied relatively indiscriminately just as the CONOB was copied without knowing the exact meaning. If this is correct, then some coins with CONOR were minted in Ravenna, but others were minted elsewhere, meaning that it does not help very much in determining the origin of these coins.
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True, I first had only two in the picture. 🙂 So what are these CONOB and COMOB called? A mintmark? As I said Hahn calls them „sigle“ and“gold signature“ in German, but seems to avoid the term mintmark, for understandable reasons. Could CONOR refer to Ravenna? I think CONOR appeared in the 460s and was relatively commonly used during the reign of Zeno in particular. It was apparently so common that it was imitated on Gepidic Half-Siliquae.