CoinTalk Members Show Coins of Salonina From Rome and Alexandria
On CoinTalk, a collectors' forum, a member showed a 3.80g antoninianus of Salonina from the Rome mint; another member described Salonina as the wife of Gallienus. Another member and the first poster each posted a tetradrachm of Alexandria, and another member posted a coin with a deer. The source does not give the post dates.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We rewrote the headline, summary and body to match the source, a CoinTalk forum thread. We removed unsupported statements (that the poster shared an image, and that another member's note was about the first coin) and SEO terms not found in the source (NGC, PCGS, price trends, XRF analysis and others). We also removed the statement that others agreed with the "Grinch" remark, because the text of the source does not establish whether a reply was agreement with it, and made clear that the account comes from forum members and that the source does not give the post dates. The previous headline was "One Post, Many Coins: Collectors Showcase Salonina's Diverse Reverse Types."
This article is based only on posts in "Salonina Antoninianus," a thread on CoinTalk, a collectors' forum. The source does not give the post dates. What follows is what members wrote; descriptions and assessments of the coins are the posters' own statements and opinions.
According to one member, Salonina was the wife of Gallienus. In the thread, members showed coins of Salonina from their own collections.
The first post: an antoninianus from Rome
A member, "Mat," wrote that Mat has several coins of Salonina, but that this one was very affordable and Mat liked its condition and that it was still good silver. The price itself is not given.
According to Mat's description, the coin is a silver antoninianus struck at the Rome mint.
- Obverse: SALONINA AVG; a diademed and draped bust of Salonina right, set on a crescent - Reverse: PIETAS AVG; Pietas seated left, extending her right hand to two children at her feet, with a scepter in her left hand - 23mm, 3.80g; reference RSC 84
Two tetradrachms from Alexandria
A member, "expat," wrote "Wonderful condition" and showed the poster's only coin of Salonina, a tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. The poster described it as billon, 21mm and 9.65g, dated Year 15 (AD 267/8). The reverse shows an eagle standing right, spreading its wings and holding a wreath in its beak, with a palm branch to the upper left.
Mat replied, "I have the same type," and showed a potin tetradrachm, 22mm and 9.14g. Mat wrote that the reverse has no legend and shows an eagle holding a wreath in its beak, with "LIE" in the right field, explained as regnal year 15.
An antoninianus with a deer
A member, "Alegandron," also showed a coin of Salonina, described as an "AE" antoninianus of the Rome mint, 267-268 CE, 3.61g and 20mm, with a crescent and a walking deer.
A note on the children on the reverse
A member, "cmezner," wrote that the two children at her feet are Valerianus II and Saloninus, and that a third child, Marinianus, can be seen at her side. The post adds: "Rome, 256-257 AD; struck under the authority of Valerianus I and Gallienus." The text of the source does not make clear which coin this describes.
Other replies
A member, "philologus_1," wrote "Nothing against the coin at all," but joked that seated Salonina's profile on the reverse looks "a little Grinch-like" to the poster.
A member, "The Meat man," called Mat's coin "a great portrait." Another, "panzerman," wrote that the poster still needs a coin of Salonina and showed an aureus of Gallienus, described as the Calico plate coin and unique. This is the poster's own claim and is not confirmed in the source.
Source: CoinTalk, "Salonina Antoninianus" (forum thread; post dates not given in the source).
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