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Aureus with side-by-side busts of Postumus and Hercules
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 269
Mint: Germany, Cologne
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 5.79 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1990.316
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Busts of Postumus and Hercules, laureate, left.
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Reverse: Hercules left, seen from behind, fighting Nemean lion.
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Reverse: Hercules left, seen from behind, fighting Nemean lion.
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ProvenanceBy date unknown: Sir Arthur Evans Collection; by 1934: with Ars Classica S.A., 31 Quai du Mont-Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland (Ars Classica auction 17, including the Sir Arthur Evans Collection, Hôtel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 3 ff., 1934, lot 1772); by 1979: with Bank Leu AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland (Leu auction 22, Savoy Hotel - Baur en Ville, Zurich, May 8-9, 1979, lot 345); by date unknown: Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection; by 1990: with Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10021 (auction of the Hunt Collection, June 19, 1990, lot 145); purchased by MFA at the Sotheby's auction; June 27, 1990: accessioned by MFA