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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8137755, member: 110350&quot;]I have only two coins of Salonina, one Imperial and one Provincial.</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>[ATTACH=full]1418292[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Salonina (wife of Gallienus), Billon Tetradrachm, 266-267 AD (Year 14), Alexandria, Egypt mint.&nbsp; Obv. Draped bust right, wearing stephane (Milne obv. type t4), KOPNHΛIA CAΛѠNЄINA CЄB / Rev. Tyche wearing long chiton and peplum, crowned with modius, reclining left on lectisternium* adorned with double garland, resting right hand on rudder, resting left elbow on arm of lectistermium and supporting head with left hand, LIΔ (Year 14) in left field, palm branch in exergue. 23.6 mm., 10.94 g. Emmett 3865.14 (R2), Milne 4140 at p. 99, K&amp;G 91.47 (ill. p. 323), BMC 16 Alexandria 2266 at p. 294, Sear RCV III 10716, Dattari (Savio) 5342, Köln (Geissen) 2982.&nbsp; <i>Purchased from Marc R. Breitsprecher Oct. 2021. Ex. Stack’s Coin Galleries Mail Bid Sale, Nov. 13, 1985, part of Lot 209 (with original coin tag). </i></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1418293[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Original Coin Tag:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418294[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Coin Galleries Mail Bid Sale catalog, 11.13.1985,&nbsp; Part of Lot 209 at p. 23:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418295[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;*Definition of lectisternium at <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Lectisternium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Lectisternium" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Lectisternium</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Lectisternium, a species of sacrifice, at which, in times of great public calamity, the gods themselves were invited to a solemn feast. Their statues were taken from their pedestals, and they were laid on pulvinaria, or lecti, that is to say, on beds prepared purposely for their reception in the temples, with pillows under their heads, and in this posture they were each day of the festival served with a magnificent banquet, which the priests never failed to clear away in the evening. There were tables set out in all the different quarters of the city, to which everyone, without distinction, was admitted. . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>The word lectisternium signifies the act of making or preparing beds. It is derived from lectus, a bed, and sternere, to raise, prepare, and spread. <i>The word also designates sometimes the bed itself, on which is placed the statue of the divinity in honour of whom the above mentioned ceremony of the lectistern was celebrated</i>.” (Emphasis added.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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