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Coin of Nicaea with bust of Salonina
Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 253–268
Mint: Bithynia, Nicaea
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.5 mm. Weight: 8.76 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number63.3020
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Diademed, draped bust of Salonina to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Saloninus and Gallienus, holding spears, in military dress, grasping right hands, stand at left. At right behind Gallienus, draped female figure (Salonina ?).
Inscription in Greek.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Saloninus and Gallienus, holding spears, in military dress, grasping right hands, stand at left. At right behind Gallienus, draped female figure (Salonina ?).
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Arthur M. Woodward Collection; by 1962: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London, W.1 (sale of the A. M. Woodward Collection, September 27, 1962); purchased at the Woodward sale by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., February 13, 1963