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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8168851, member: 110350"]I would want to see a detailed close-up of the coin in question before offering an opinion, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if this theory were a case of wishful thinking, and the supposed cross were simply a poorly-rendered palladium, as [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] has suggested. The "palladium" on my coin of Salonina is hardly recognizable as such:</p><p><br /></p><p>Salonina (wife of Gallienus), Billon Antoninianus, 257-258 AD, Cologne Mint. Obv. Diademed bust draped right, on crescent, SALONINA AVG / Rev. Vesta seated left on throne holding Palladium and transverse scepter, VESTA. RIC V-1 70, RSC IV 142, Sear RCV III 10664. 22 mm., 3.4 g.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/salonina-vesta-jpg-version-jpg.1418292/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8168851, member: 110350"]I would want to see a detailed close-up of the coin in question before offering an opinion, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if this theory were a case of wishful thinking, and the supposed cross were simply a poorly-rendered palladium, as [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] has suggested. The "palladium" on my coin of Salonina is hardly recognizable as such: Salonina (wife of Gallienus), Billon Antoninianus, 257-258 AD, Cologne Mint. Obv. Diademed bust draped right, on crescent, SALONINA AVG / Rev. Vesta seated left on throne holding Palladium and transverse scepter, VESTA. RIC V-1 70, RSC IV 142, Sear RCV III 10664. 22 mm., 3.4 g. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/salonina-vesta-jpg-version-jpg.1418292/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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