Coin Portraying Empress Salonina
Ancient Roman
253–268
- Medium
- Billon
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
- Genre
- coin
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
billonwomanportraitsilver alloycoininorganic materialancient artnonferrous metalancientroman (ancient, style or period)metal
About
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays Salonina, facing right, draped and diademed. The back (reverse) depicts the goddess Tyche standing left wearing kalathos (hat shaped like a basket) on head, palm behind, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Salonina was married to the Roman emperor Gallienus, who reigned jointly with his father, Valerian, from 253-260, then as sole emperor to 268. The date this coin was struck is indicated in the reverse inscription " LI ∆ ", which means the fourteenth year of Gallienus's reign, or 266-267 CE.
