Coin Portraying Empress Salonina
Ancient Roman
266–267
- Medium
- Billon
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2.3 cm (15/16 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 the empress Salonina, facing right and crowned with a diadem. On the back (reverse) Elpis, the goddess of hope, walks left holding a flower and raising the hem of her robe. A palm branch and a partial inscription are seen in the field behind her. 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 "LIΔ ", which means the fourteenth year of Gallienus's reign, or 266-267 CE.
