Coin Portraying Empress Salonina

Art Institute of Chicago

Coin Portraying Empress Salonina

Roman

Date
256
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the Empress Salonina, facing right and wearing a diadem, on a crescent. On the back (reverse), the goddess Pudicitia (modesty) is shown seated, holding a patera (dish) and sceptre. Salonina was married to the Roman emperor Gallienus, who reigned jointly with his father, Valerian, from 253-260, then as sole emperor to 268.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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