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Antoninianus - Postumus HERC DEVSONIENSI
| Issuer | Gallic Empire |
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| Year | 260-261 |
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| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus facing right, wearing the characteristic double-pointed radiate crown of the antoninianus denomination. The emperor's effigy is rendered in the military style typical of Gallic Empire coinage, with paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The Latin legend IMP C POSTVMUS P F AVG encircles the bust, reading from lower left around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (260-261) - - ND (260-261) - P.F.AVG - |
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Postumus founded the breakaway Gallic Empire in 260 AD following the capture of Valerian by Shapur I — the catastrophic Persian victory that left the western provinces effectively without imperial protection. His early coinage aggressively promoted Hercules as a patron deity, a deliberate choice to signal martial strength and legitimacy at a moment when Rome itself could not defend its own frontiers. The Deusonienses reference in this type likely connects to a Germanic tribal grouping near the Rhine, possibly commemorating a specific military action against incursions that Roman central authority had ceased to address.