[Ancients] Saloninus - Spes Publica

Saloninus AR Antoninianus. Antioch mint, 260 AD, 3.8g, 20mm

OBV: SALON VALERIANVS NOB CAES, Radiate draped bust right.

REV: SPES PVBLICA, Spes presenting flower to prince.

REF: RIC 36, Cohen 95.

 

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Nice, he's a tad scarce.

Mine:

 

Nice! Mines not so nice :{}

 

Cool coins,

Saloninus is a good lad to have coins from. poor thing.
I've got only two, one of them being a middle bronze that you seldom see :


Saloninus, Antoninianus Cologne mint, AD 258-260
SALON VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right
PIETAS AVG, sacrificial implements
2.85 gr
Ref : Cohen # 41, RCV # 10767


Saloninus, Middle bronze Rome mint, AD 258-260
LIC COR SAL VALERIANVS N CAES, draped bust right
PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Saloninus standing left holding globe and spear. A captive at his feet. S - C in field. Mintmark ? at exergue
7.1 gr
Ref : RCV # 10778 v, Cohen # 90, RIC # 34

Q

 

Great pick-up, Gil-galad ... congrats!

Yup => poor lil' Saloninus, eh? (not a very happy tale) ...

I have a great example of him as Caesar (this is definitely one of my favourite coins) ...


EGYPT, Alexandria. Saloninus. As Caesar
BI Tetradrachm
AD 258-260
Dated RY 7 of Valerian I and Gallienus (AD 259/60)
Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 13.00 grams
Obverse: Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; L Z (date) across field
Reference: Köln 3005; Dattari (Savio) 5377; K&G 93.8
Other: 12h … VF, even brown surfaces. Rare
From the Robert M. Harlick Collection

 

Should we forget Valerian II who died just before his younger brother Saloninus became Caesar? There has been disagreement on which boy is shown on some coins.
Valerian II


Saloninus


My page on the matter:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac68sal.html

 

Well, now that I'm back home, I can post some of my coins.
Saloninus

SALONINUS Antoninianus
OBVERSE: SALON VALERIANVS NOB CAES Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind
REVERSE: SPES PVBLICA, Prince, holding spear and Spes, holding flower standing face to face; wreath above
Struck at Samosata, 259-260 AD
2.81g, 22mm
RIC V 36 var.


SALONINUS Antoninianus
OBVERSE: SAL VALERIANVS CAES, radiate draped bust right
REVERSE: PRINC IVVENT, prince standing left holding baton & standard
Struck at Lugdunum, 259-260 AD
2.2g, 21mm
RIC 10, C 61

Valerian II

VALERIAN II AR Antoninianus
OBVERSE: DIVO VALERIANO CAES - Radiate, draped bust right.
REVERSE: CONSACRATIO - Valerian II riding eagle right, upwards
Struck at Rome, 257-58 AD
3.2g, 23mm
RIC 9, S 3071

 

Very nice coins you guys.

I thought there was also a debate about who were the parents of Saloninus. I can't really remember right off hand.

Welcome back Bing. Let's see some of those coins you picked up over there, assuming that you did. When you get around to it.

Here the non-scanner photo of the coin. This is one of those moments where I wish I had a real camera. But I keep buying coins instead of getting a camera. lol

 

Thanks Gil. No, I never had a chance to shop for coins. However, I was in a town called Bydgoszcz, Poland which was just happening to have a display of Roman coins at a small museum. The coins were on loan from the Warsaw and Berlin Museums. I took picks, but I haven't uploaded them yet. I also visited the castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, Poland (formerly Prussia) and I saw the Book of Kels in Dublin. All in all an interesting trip. But sadly, no coins.

 

nice new saloninus GG!

I don't have a saloninus or valerian ii.

hope you had a good trip bing...sounds nice.

lets see those coin pics!

 

That's great that you went to a museum and saw some coins. By all means, post them when you get around to it.

Here is my Valerian II which is not in good shape.



Valerian II AR Antoninianus, 256-258 AD, 1.9g, 22mm

OBV: P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate draped bust right.

REV: IOVI CRESCENTI, Jupiter riding goat Amalthea right.

REF: RIC 13

 

The answer is NO, Doug, definitely.


Valerian II, Antoninianus Rome mint, AD 258
DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerianus junior right
CONSECRATIO, altar
2.88 gr
Ref : RCV # 10608, RIC # 24, RSC # 13


Valerian II, Antoninianus - Cologne mint, AD 258
DIVO VALERIANO CAES, radiate and draped bust right
CONSACRATIO (sic), Valerian II raising hand and holding sceptre on an eagle flying right
1.70 gr
Ref : Cohen # 5, RCV # 10606


Valerian II, antoninianus - Cologne mint, AD 257-258
VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust of Valerian junior right
IOVI CRESCENTI, Young Jupiter on back of goat Amalthea right
3.66 gr

And the last one, being the sister coin of the one shown by Steve a few posts above :


Valerian II, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, year 4 (AD 256-257)
TT LIK KOPOYALEPIANOS KAIE CEB, bare bust, draped and cuirassed
Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak. L delta in field
10,18 gr
Ref : Emmet # 3764/4
RCV # 10754

Q

 

Hello i was going threw some coins my father left me and i have one like Valerian II, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, year 4 (Cited from: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-saloninus-spes-publica.251510/) but mine has a z not a it has the eagel looking to the left and its looking at the z and the l is on the other side of the bird can you tell me what its worth and were to go iam in ca

 

Hi Joyce. It would be helpful if you could post a pic of the coin.

 

And here I was thinking Gil was back with a new coin...

 

here is the coin sorry about the pics hope you can give me some advise on it i would like to know what its worth and learn more about it thank you

 

ummm, worst pics "ever" ... but great effort (hey, I gave ya your first "like")

 

Well, it's a tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. That much I can discern. have you got a camera with a macro setting on it, to take a sharp close-up?

 

L Z means Year 7. These were dated according to regnal years, so we would have to know the emperor to determine the year the coin was minted according to the Gregorian calendar.