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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2664836, member: 75937&quot;]Does anyone know how to distinguish between the Rome mint issues and the Antioch issues on the Antoniniani of Cornelia Salonina issued during the joint reign of Gallienus and Valerian I? Now, I&#039;m not saying Curtis Clay at Harlan J. Berk doesn&#039;t know what he&#039;s doing, but what features--what aspects of style--distinguish between the Rome and Eastern issues of this coin? Am I missing something?</p><p><br /></p><p>Harlan J. Berk attributes this IVNO REGINAE to the mint in Antioch, RIC 64:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]591902[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]591903[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Although quite common, the Antioch issue is apparently less common than the Roman issue, RIC 29, of which 240 specimens are listed in Göbl and 1779 specimens in the Cunetio hoard (according to secondary sources; I do not own or have access to Göbl or the Cunetio report). </p><p><br /></p><p>In RIC, the listings for #29 and #64 appear identical to me. This coin has the obverse bust 3 A ... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591905[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... and the reverse inscription IVNO REGINA, with Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter. This is compatible with RIC 29, from the Rome mint ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591907[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>... and with RIC 64, from an &quot;Asian&quot; (Berk specifies Antioch) mint:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591923[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note Cohen #60 is cross-referenced by both listings (Cohen does not distinguish between them):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591931[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Note also this is not the IVNO REGINA issue from the sole reign of Gallienus, RIC 92 (minted also in Antioch, by the way), because the reverse of that coin depicts a peacock at Juno&#039;s feet and a star in the field at left:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]591932[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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