??? (type SAECVLI FELICITAS, imitation of a Postumus' coin)

Radiate head and draped bust of Bonosus to the right, seen from three quarter ahead.

The emperor? standing left and holding transverse scepter with the lef hand and globe? with the right hand.

Coin illustrated in the catalog Hess Leu, Auktion 41, 24 and 25 Avril 1969, plate XXXVII, n°513. legends illegible. The obverse die seems to be the same as for the entire coinage. So I noted the usual legend.

The drapery is visible only on a few examples of other types, all sharing the same obverse die.

the imitated type seems to be SAECVLI FELICITAS but with the emperor on left. The character seems to extend his right arm (to hold a globe?).

I noted the legends descriptions, that are difficult to read and are sometimes an interpretation of strange forms, following the pieces visible on several copies. I rely on Mrs. Sylviane Estiot's article, ''Probus et les 'tyrans minuscules' Proculus et Bonosus. Que dit la monnaie'', published in ''Historiae Augustae, Colloquium Nanceiense, Atti dei Convegni sulla Historia Augusta, XII''. Mrs. Estiot demonstrates that the obverse dies are all the same for the entire coinage. See pages 220 and 221. The theory advanced in the article is that they are in fact imitative coins of Postumus. The types used and the obverse legends are all related to Postumus coins.