Bronze Antoninianus of Empress Salonina, 254 CE - 268 CE
Bronze
LC.321
Obverse: SALONINA AVG; Bust of Empress Facing Righ Reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE; Gallienus Standing Right, Receiving Victory from Roma, Seated on Left with Spear and Shiel Like many figures of the...
Obverse: SALONINA AVG; Bust of Empress Facing Righ
Reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE; Gallienus Standing Right, Receiving Victory from Roma, Seated on Left with Spear and Shiel
Like many figures of the mid-third century A.D., especially in regards to the women, little is known for certain about the life of Cornelia Salonina. She married Gallienus in 243 A.D. Ten years later, he was declared Augustus and ruled alongside his father Valerian. Shortly after his ascension, Salonina was awarded the title of Augusta in 254 A.D. After Gallienus was murdered 268 A.D., Salonina was executed along with the rest of his family.
Reverse: ROMAE AETERNAE; Gallienus Standing Right, Receiving Victory from Roma, Seated on Left with Spear and Shiel
Like many figures of the mid-third century A.D., especially in regards to the women, little is known for certain about the life of Cornelia Salonina. She married Gallienus in 243 A.D. Ten years later, he was declared Augustus and ruled alongside his father Valerian. Shortly after his ascension, Salonina was awarded the title of Augusta in 254 A.D. After Gallienus was murdered 268 A.D., Salonina was executed along with the rest of his family.