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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3807759, member: 74834"]Of Saloninus I only have this strange hybrid coin with an obverse of the little Caesar and a reverse from his executioner Postumus. I bought it in April at the CNG N.McQ. Holmes auction of Valerianus-Gallienus coins, as a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/n-m-mcq-holmes-collection.337321/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/n-m-mcq-holmes-collection.337321/">Beast coin that's ugly but historically interesting</a>. It's most probably a forgery in poor metal of the 260s: the reverse die dates from 262 or later, but Saloninus died in 258. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1015811[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninianus Saloninus caesar (258-260) – Postumus (259-268), contemp. forgery, hybrid with reverse of Postumus. Obv. Radiate and draped bust right. SALON VALERIANVS CAES. Rev. Hercules standing left, holding olive branch, club and lion-skin. radiate and draped bust right. HERC PACIFERO. 18.5 mm, 2.89 gr. Reverse of Postumus, AGK 27, RIC V 67.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3807759, member: 74834"]Of Saloninus I only have this strange hybrid coin with an obverse of the little Caesar and a reverse from his executioner Postumus. I bought it in April at the CNG N.McQ. Holmes auction of Valerianus-Gallienus coins, as a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/n-m-mcq-holmes-collection.337321/']Beast coin that's ugly but historically interesting[/URL]. It's most probably a forgery in poor metal of the 260s: the reverse die dates from 262 or later, but Saloninus died in 258. [ATTACH=full]1015811[/ATTACH] Antoninianus Saloninus caesar (258-260) – Postumus (259-268), contemp. forgery, hybrid with reverse of Postumus. Obv. Radiate and draped bust right. SALON VALERIANVS CAES. Rev. Hercules standing left, holding olive branch, club and lion-skin. radiate and draped bust right. HERC PACIFERO. 18.5 mm, 2.89 gr. Reverse of Postumus, AGK 27, RIC V 67.[/QUOTE]
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