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LOT 0796
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ROMAN EMPRESS SALONINA SILVER COIN IN PENDANT NECKLACE
MID 3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.2 grams total, pendant: 27 mm).
MID 3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.2 grams total, pendant: 27 mm).
Antoninianus showing the bust of the empress diademed and draped, facing right and set on crescent, legend 'SALONINA AVG' surrounding; the reverse with seated Pietas reaching towards two children before him, legend 'PIETAS AVGG' surrounding; set in a metal frame with loop and chain. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
FOOTNOTES:
Publia Licinia Julia Cornelia Salonina (died 268, Mediolanum) was an Augusta of the Roman Empire, married to Roman Emperor Gallienus and mother of Valerian II, Saloninus, and Marinianus.
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AUCTIONS:
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