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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3910373, member: 96898&quot;][USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] , thanks for posting the informative Blois excerpt on this reverse legend. It seems that Occam&#039;s razor points towards an &quot;apotheosis of the empress by identifying her with the personification of Pax&quot; instead of a crypto-Christian reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one for the mint and for the nice reverse. The obverse suffers from a worn out die – as [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER] pointed out in the original post, this appears to be rather typical for Salonina coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030678[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Salonina, Roman Empire, BI antoninianus, 255–256 AD, Asian mint (Samosata or Antioch?). Obv: SALONINA AVG; bust of Salonina, diademed, draped, on crescent, r. Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE; Gallienus, standing r., receiving Victory from Roma, seated l., holding spear in l. hand. 21mm, 3.83g. Ref: RIC V Salonina 67.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>This one, on the other hand, was struck a bit weakly but from relatively fresh dies. Yet, the engraving on the obverse die unfortunately illustrates the expression &quot;untalented&quot; quite well...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1030677[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Salonina, Roman Empire, AE antoninianus, 267 AD, Siscia mint. Obv: SALONINA AVG; bust of Salonina, diademed, draped, on crescent, r. Rev: SALVS AVG; Salus, draped, standing r., feeding serpent held in arms. 23mm, 2.83g Ref: RIC V Salonina (2) 88.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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