Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Empress Salonina

Roman

Date

267-268

Medium

Billon

Culture

Alexandria

Department

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a draped bust of the empress Salonina, facing right. The back (reverse) depicts an eaglewith a wreath in its beak and its wings open behind. Salonina was married to the Roman emperor Gallienus, who reigned jointly with his father, Valerian, from 253-260, and then as sole emperor to 268. The date this coin was struck is indicated in the reverse inscription "LIE ", which means the fifteenth year of Gallienus's reign, or 267-268 CE.

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