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Double Sestertius - Postumus LAETITIA AVG, Treveri
| Issuer | Gallic Empire |
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| Year | 264-265 |
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| Value | 2 Sestertius (1/4) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Postumus founded the breakaway Gallic Empire in 260 AD after capturing — and almost certainly executing — Saloninus, the young co-emperor left in command at Cologne. The double sestertius denomination was his invention, a practical response to the near-collapse of silver coinage under the crisis-era antoninianus, giving western provincial populations a large, recognizable bronze that the central Roman mint was no longer reliably supplying.
The Treveri mint — modern Trier — became the administrative and monetary heart of the Gallic Empire under Postumus. The "var" notation against RCV III#11049 suggests a die or legend variant not fully catalogued in the main references, worth cross-checking against Cohen#177 for corroboration.