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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8151931, member: 110226&quot;]This coin arrived today after a diversion in transit that landed it for a while at a postal facility in southern Maine.&nbsp; I was afraid that it would continue on the eastward trek, arriving eventually in Cupertino by way of Vladivostok, but a course correction eventually put it in a westward direction, thankfully.</p><p><br /></p><p>I say thankfully, for this third century AD BI antoninianus of Salonina, 260-268 AD, while quite common, has a truly beautiful patina comprised of a mix of malachite (green) and azurite (blue), along with some of the original silvering.&nbsp; Time and the elements have smiled upon this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: SALONINA AVG Bust of Salonina, diademed, draped, right, on crescent. </p><p>Reverse: FECVNDITAS AVG Fecunditas, draped, standing left, holding cornucopiae in left hand; at her feet, child; delta right.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 5 (Gallienus), MIR 36, 581aa; RSC 39a </p><p><br /></p><p>2.43 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422030[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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