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Medallion with bust of Salonina, struck under Valerian I and Gallienus
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 256
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 23.79 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number37.26
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 074.
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Salonina, right, draped, diademed.
CORNELIASALONINAAVG
Reverse: Three Monetae standing left, each holding a cornucopia and a pair of scales.
At their feet three piles of metal.
AE QVITASPVB LICA
CORNELIASALONINAAVG
Reverse: Three Monetae standing left, each holding a cornucopia and a pair of scales.
At their feet three piles of metal.
AE QVITASPVB LICA
ProvenanceBy 1936: with Spink & Son Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1; sold by Spink & Son Ltd., December 2, 1936 to a U.S. Private Collection; anonymous gift to MFA, January 14, 1937