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LOT 0796
Roman Empress Salonina Silver Coin in Pendant Necklace
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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