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<p>[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 6537258, member: 116315"]Congratulations on building the complete set! I'm also planning to do it, but so far I have only acquired Salonina:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1261704[/ATTACH]</p><p>Salonina (253-268), Antoninianus, Colonia mint.</p><p>Obverse: SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, seen from the front, resting on a crescent;</p><p>Reverse: DEAE SE-GETIAE, statue of Segetia, nimbate, standing facing in four-columned temple, both hands raised;</p><p>RIC 5</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, as far as the historical context goes, I think I know a few things: firstly, I'm pretty sure that the current consensus is that they were struck at Colonia Agrippina, which was the only mint in Gaul and the main center of operations in the region, around 258 AD, as part of the second emission. The mint had been opened the year prior, when Gallienus made the city his headquarters, and it's possible that it was staffed by the engravers of the Viminacium mint, which had been closed a short time prior. The most accepted theory for the meaning of this issue, as far as I know, is that the three deities represented their different roles in a military campaign: Vulcan, the blacksmith, made the weapons, Segetia, a deity associated with the harvest, produced the food, and Mars, god of war, led the soldiers into battle. Gallienus' time in the region was however cut short by the news of Valerian's capture, which triggered a series of insurrections in the east, like those of Ingenuus, Regalianus and the Macriani, forcing him to depart and leave behind Saloninus, which was shortly after eliminated by Postumus, who also took control of the mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Claudius_Gothicus, post: 6537258, member: 116315"]Congratulations on building the complete set! I'm also planning to do it, but so far I have only acquired Salonina: [ATTACH=full]1261704[/ATTACH] Salonina (253-268), Antoninianus, Colonia mint. Obverse: SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right, seen from the front, resting on a crescent; Reverse: DEAE SE-GETIAE, statue of Segetia, nimbate, standing facing in four-columned temple, both hands raised; RIC 5 Now, as far as the historical context goes, I think I know a few things: firstly, I'm pretty sure that the current consensus is that they were struck at Colonia Agrippina, which was the only mint in Gaul and the main center of operations in the region, around 258 AD, as part of the second emission. The mint had been opened the year prior, when Gallienus made the city his headquarters, and it's possible that it was staffed by the engravers of the Viminacium mint, which had been closed a short time prior. The most accepted theory for the meaning of this issue, as far as I know, is that the three deities represented their different roles in a military campaign: Vulcan, the blacksmith, made the weapons, Segetia, a deity associated with the harvest, produced the food, and Mars, god of war, led the soldiers into battle. Gallienus' time in the region was however cut short by the news of Valerian's capture, which triggered a series of insurrections in the east, like those of Ingenuus, Regalianus and the Macriani, forcing him to depart and leave behind Saloninus, which was shortly after eliminated by Postumus, who also took control of the mint.[/QUOTE]
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