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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2594623, member: 75937"]11.66 grams??? That's underweight for a sestertius, even of Gallienus/Salonina, especially one 29 mm in diameter. The coin appears to be orichalcum and cannot be a copper As, which weigh 6-7 gm, typically, on Gallienus/Salonina issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's closer in weight to a dupondius, but there are no known dupondii depicting Pudicita on issues of Salonina and it's far too large in diameter to be a dupondius, anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>The deity depicted IS Pudicitia, given the scepter and the veil, which she is drawing away from her face, as she does in this authentic Antoninianus of Salonina, RIC 24 sole reign:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565292[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the coin illustrated in Julius Germanicus' original post started out as a Sestertius of Salonina, but was extensively reengraved to become a (fantasy?) issue depicting Pudicitia standing. I suspect it lost 5 to 7 grams in the process of reengraving.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2594623, member: 75937"]11.66 grams??? That's underweight for a sestertius, even of Gallienus/Salonina, especially one 29 mm in diameter. The coin appears to be orichalcum and cannot be a copper As, which weigh 6-7 gm, typically, on Gallienus/Salonina issues. It's closer in weight to a dupondius, but there are no known dupondii depicting Pudicita on issues of Salonina and it's far too large in diameter to be a dupondius, anyway. The deity depicted IS Pudicitia, given the scepter and the veil, which she is drawing away from her face, as she does in this authentic Antoninianus of Salonina, RIC 24 sole reign: [ATTACH=full]565292[/ATTACH] I believe the coin illustrated in Julius Germanicus' original post started out as a Sestertius of Salonina, but was extensively reengraved to become a (fantasy?) issue depicting Pudicitia standing. I suspect it lost 5 to 7 grams in the process of reengraving.[/QUOTE]
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