FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS

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A BEAUTIFUL SILVER/BILLON (DEBASED) ANTONINIANUS OF AUGUSTA JULIA CORNELIA SALONINA FROM 253 - 268 AD .

WIFE OF GALLIENUS AND MOTHER TO THREE PRINCES - VALERIAN II, SALONINUS AND MARINIANUS

SALONINA WAS THOUGHT TO BE GREEK, AND ALSO THOUGHT TO BE A VIRTUOUS, INTELLECTUAL AND CULTIVATED WOMAN.

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THE SIZE IS 22.4 MM AND 2.81 GRAMS.

Sear 3041

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OBVERSE – COR SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent

REVERSE – IVNONI CONS AVG, doe walking to left

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Julia Cornelia Salonina's origin is unknown. According to a modern theory, she was born of Greek origin in Bithynia, then part of the province of Bithynia et Pontus, Asia Minor.

She was married to Gallienus about ten years before his accession to the throne. When her husband became joint-emperor with his father Valerian in 253, Cornelia Salonina was named Augusta.

Cornelia was the mother of three princes, Valerian II, Saloninus and Marinianus. Her fate, after the murder of Gallienus, during the siege of Mediolanum in 268, is unknown. It is likely that either her life was spared or the she was executed together with other members of her family, at the orders of the Senate of Rome.

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NOTE: Frascatius is a life member (LM #6864) of the American Numismatic Association (ANA). Frascatius fully complies with the ANA Member Code of Ethics.

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