Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Empress Salonina

Art Institute of Chicago

Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Empress Salonina

Roman; minted in Rome

Date
253-260
Medium
Billon
Culture
Roman Empire
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a bust of empress Salonina, diademed and draped, facing right on a crescent. The back (reverse) despicts the goddess Vesta, standing to the left, 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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