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Contributor: Jim Shaffer.
Issuer:
SALONINA
, wife of Gallienus, AD 253-268. Base AR antoninianus
Obverse:
SALONINA AVG., Her bust draped, diademed right on crescent.
Reverse:
VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left, holding apple and palm, shield at side.
Reference:
RIC 31 (or RIC 68 Salonina joint reign).
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Gallienus
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Salonina see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.