brm_703074 - SALONINA Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 257-258
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,07 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, centré. Faiblesse au revers. Très joli buste de Salonine. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SALONINA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Salonine à droite vu de trois quarts en avant posé sur un croissant (L15).
Obverse translation : “Salonina Augusta”, (Salonine Augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VENVS VICTRIX.
Reverse description : Vénus debout à gauche, tenant une pomme de la main droite et un casque de la main gauche, appuyée sur son bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Venus Victrix”, (Vénus victorieuse).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
SALONINA
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Wife of Gallienus, mother of Valerian II and Saloninus - Augusta
Salonine, the wife of Gallien, seems to receive the title of augusta in 253, when her husband is associated with power by Valerian I. She loses at least two of her children, young Valérien and Salonin. She is murdered at the same time as her husband. Salonina is said to have had Christian sympathies.
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