Coin Portraying Empress Salonina (256): Artwork and History
Coin Portraying Empress Salonina at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Coin Portraying Empress Salonina (256) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Roman.
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the Empress Salonina, facing right and wearing a diadem, on a crescent. On the back (reverse), the goddess Pudicitia (modesty) is shown seated, holding a patera (dish) and sceptre. Salonina was married to the Roman emperor Gallienus, who reigned jointly with his father, Valerian, from 253-260, then as sole emperor to 268.
Object facts
- Title: Coin Portraying Empress Salonina
- Date: 256
- Artist attribution: Roman
- Place of origin: Roman Empire
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Diam.: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
- Type: Coin
- Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Reference number: 1923.1344
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. William Nelson Pelouze
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