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Double Sesterce - Postume P M TR P COS II PP/ S/C, Trèves
| Issuer | Gallic Empire |
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| Year | 261 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Rough |
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Postumus broke from Gallienus in 260 AD following the capture of Valerian by Shapur I — a catastrophic moment that left the Rhine frontier effectively leaderless. His Gallic Empire was not a secessionist fantasy but a pragmatic military response, and his mint at Trier functioned with striking institutional discipline throughout his reign. The double sesterce was his answer to the near-collapse of bronze coinage in the breakaway territories, a denomination Gallienus himself had largely abandoned in Rome.
RIC V.2 106 corresponds to his second consulship, placing this piece firmly in 261, the first full year of a reign that would last until his murder by his own troops in 269.