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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3806451, member: 56859"]Great writeup, JG! I don't have any coins of Saloninus but remember a very interesting Alexandrian tet of Saloninus formerly owned by Stevex6. I think someone on CT bought it. [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], was it you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's his dad:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_512%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg&hash=5730e6ddcf6e13906e771a9c3338765e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus</b></p><p>year 13, CE 265/6</p><p>tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3806(13), R1</p><p><i>Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>And granddad:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoenicia-tyre-valeriani-dido-jpg.363150/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I (CE 253-260)</b></p><p>Æ28.5 mm, 12.2 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP CP LIC VALERIANVS AVG; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: COL TVRO METRO; the building of Carthage: Dido standing left, holding cubit ruler and scepter, surveying construction; mason above gate, worker with pick-axe digging before gate, murex shell to lower right</p><p>Ref: Rouvier 2501; BMC 470; cf Price & Trell 748[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3806451, member: 56859"]Great writeup, JG! I don't have any coins of Saloninus but remember a very interesting Alexandrian tet of Saloninus formerly owned by Stevex6. I think someone on CT bought it. [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER], was it you? Here's his dad: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_512%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg&hash=5730e6ddcf6e13906e771a9c3338765e[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Gallienus[/B] year 13, CE 265/6 tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev: AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field Ref: Emmett 3806(13), R1 [I]Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); [URL='http://www.tifcollection.com/egypt-alexandria--gallienus-tet-yr13']Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection[/URL][/I] And granddad: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/phoenicia-tyre-valeriani-dido-jpg.363150/[/IMG] [B]PHOENICIA, Tyre. Valerian I (CE 253-260)[/B] Æ28.5 mm, 12.2 gm Obv: IMP CP LIC VALERIANVS AVG; radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev: COL TVRO METRO; the building of Carthage: Dido standing left, holding cubit ruler and scepter, surveying construction; mason above gate, worker with pick-axe digging before gate, murex shell to lower right Ref: Rouvier 2501; BMC 470; cf Price & Trell 748[/QUOTE]
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