MONETA AVG (imitation of a Postumus coin)

Reference : AYC #4, RIC 3, C -

Weight: ?

Metal: Billon

Diameter: ?

Scarcity: Extremely rare

Type:

Obverse

Reverse

P M BONOSVS AVG

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

MONETA AVG

Moneta standing on the left, holding a scale with her left hand and a transerval scepter with her right hand.

Descriptions according to source: Gnecchi, Rivista Italiana di Numismatica, Milan, 1914, Vol. XXVII, pages 45 à 50. Differs from type AYC #2, RIC 2, C2 by the presence of a transverse scepter. I noted a draped bust because it is likely that this obverse die is the same as for the entire coinage. See the article of Mme Sylviane Estiot, ''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''. 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.