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Message:: [QUOTE="mrbreeze, post: 19005635, member: 86726"]First of all, say Saloninus Antoninianus quickly 5 times.  That’s a lot of Ns and Is. So, a quick background.  I have a batch of unidentified Roman coins that I look at every so often.  I pick a few out and try to put pen to paper, so to speak.  Today’s coin intrigued me.  If you have ever read anything I have posted about IDing coins, I usually start with the wrong idea and work myself out of that until I get the final answer.  Today was only a minor detour.  I looked at this piece and clearly saw VALERIANVS and a portrait of what could easily be Valerianus II.  So, I went with that.  But, there is no legend that matches with what I was potentially seeing as the complete legend.  So, I decided to do the smart thing and actually get the whole legend - P COR SAL VALERIANVS CAES.  That was not tough, but concerning the back legend, I was completely drawing a blank.  It was not “normal.”  So, google the legend and get the ruler and head for Sear.  Well, Mr. Sear solved the riddle.  Sear 10765 Saloninus Antoninianus.  This appears to be the only use of this legend, maybe even front and back legend, but I don’t know.  Also, the piece in question does have a cool story, so here are the pics. Obverse/Reverse/Sear reference[ATTACH=full]1538582[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1538583[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1538584[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]