brm_946588 - SALONINUS Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 254-258
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 150 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très joli revers. Patine marron-gris
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LI COR SAL VALERIANVS N CAES.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Salonin à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Licinius Cornélius Salonin Valérien très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS AVGG.
Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : bâton d'augure “lituus”, couteau à sacrifice, patère, vase à sacrifice, simpulum et aspersoir.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Augustorum”, (La Piété des augustes).
Historical background
SALONINUS
(259-06/260)
Caesar
Salonin was raised to the cesarat after the death of his brother, Valérien II. Sent to Gaul, under the protection of Postumus then simple general, he was proclaimed august after the capture of Valerian I in June or July 260. Postumus, proclaimed august in his turn, besieged Salonin and had him put to death.
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