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Salonina Segetia Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Salonina, 253-268 CE
Mint and Date: Cologne, 259-260 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm x 22mm, 3.1g
Obverse: Diademed, draped bust right, resting on crescent.
SALONINA AVG
Reverse: Dea Segetia, veiled, crescent on head, standing facing in tetrastyle temple, both hands raised, open, palm upwards.
DEAE SE - GETIAE
Ref: RCV (2005) 10631; RIC V vol I 5.
Provenance: Barry P. Murphy (Vcoins), September 2006
BW Ref: 010 027 087
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Note: There is evidence of a die clash on the reverse – the oval indentation all round Segetia in the temple is the incuse of Salonina's face. There is also a suggestion of a double strike on the obverse, in the region of Salonina's chin.

For another example of this coin, see here. For other coins in this small group see this DEO VOLKANO, dedicated to the god Vulcan, issued for Valerian; and this DEO MARTI, dedicated to the god Mars, issued for Gallienus.

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