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ID number: BIRBI-R1958 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Salonina; Gallienus; Asia Minor Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Asia Minor Culture: Roman Date made: 260-268 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.10 Weight (g): 3.73 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 396. A. H. Baldwin, 1921. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Salonina, wearing diadem, draped, on crescent, facing r. Reverse: Venus, draped, standing facing l., holding helmet in r. and spear in l.; beside her, shield to r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: BALONINH AVG (Salonina Augusta). Reverse: V-ENV-S HVG (To Venus, Patron of the Empress ). In Exergue: PXV
Bibliography: RIC V 86 (Gallienus)
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the exergue on the reverse is a mintmark indicating a mint in Asia.
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