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Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Salonina, 253-268 CE Mint and Date: Asian Mint (RIC) or Antioch (Göbl); 267 CE Size and Weight: 21mm, 3.71g Obverse: SALONINA AVG Diademed, draped bust right, with a crescent behind her shoulders. Hair weaved in rows with long plait carried up the back of the head and tucked under a stephane. Reverse: VENVS AVG Venus standing left, holding helmet and spear. Beside her, a shield. Exergue: PXV Provenance: christian5728 (eBay), November 2008 Ref: RCV (2005) 10654; RIC V (Gallienus sole reign) 86; Göbl 1671l. BW Ref: 016 039 134 |
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