..Red Letter Day for my 3rd century ...Saloninus

..While the flan is somewhat odd shaped, the details are good. I've been wanting one o dese for a minute(years) and while bidding on two others, found this one and just bought it..so celebrate with me on this festive occasion by posting your comments & coins (and however else ya celebrate) Peeps!~ Saloninus (258-260) billon antoninianus..emperor right obverse, Pitas(priestly instuments) reverse 23x18mm 1.73gms

 

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Congrats! Lovely example! Cheers!

 

Good one,

Here's my own


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

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Nice one @ominus1 . Mine has been misattributed as a Valerian by the auction house, so got it for 12 euros. I call it my zombie coin...

 

Coingrats on the new Sal pal!

 

Super congrats, @ominus1 ... great coin!

SALONINUS:

SALONINUS. (AD 258-260) Antoninianus, 2.30g. Cologne. PIETAS AVG Relatively scarce



RI Saloninus 259 BI Ant Stndg Globe Spear Captive at feet

 

Here's mine. The reverse is a bit challenged.

 

Ryro,

Isn't your coin of Volusian, IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG / CONCORDIA AVGG seated, RIC 168?

 

..ya know..it doesn't lQQk quite like a Saloninus now you mention it.....but still kool for a Volusian

 

..hehehe..party on Antone!

 

My one Saloninus, which appears to be the same type as @ominus1's and @Cucumbor's::

Saloninus Caesar (son of Gallienus), Billon Antoninianus, 258-260 AD, Cologne Mint. Obv. Radiate draped bust right, SALON VALERIANVS CAES/ Rev. sacrificial implements, PIETAS AVG. RIC V-1 9, RSC IV 41, Sear RCV III 10767 (ill.). 20.5 mm., 3.13 g.

 

Way to go, @ominus1!

I -- like everyone else -- have the priestly implements reverse type. It has a pretty raggedy flan:


Saloninus, Caesar AD 258-260.
Roman billon antoninianus, 2.39 g, 22.2 mm, 12 h.
Cologne, AD 258-260.
Obv: SALON VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVG, lituus, jug, simpulum and sprinkler.
Refs: RIC 9; Göbl 914e; Cohen 41; RCV 10767; Cunetio 744; Hunter 8.

 

I know it's happened before that everyone, or almost everyone, seems to have exactly the same type of a particular Augustus or Caesar -- the one that comes to my mind is Maximus Caesar (also a priestly implements reverse, oddly enough), but I'm sure there have been others.

 

Mine too, but the reverse die is spectacularly worn/soft so that the jug is visible but not the lituus or other accoutrements.