Temple of Segetia

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Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 2.47 g, 12h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 2nd emission, AD 258-259. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / The Dea Segetia standing facing within tetrastyle temple, raising both hands. RIC V 5; MIR 36, 902c; RSC 36. VF.

The reverse of this type refers to the temple which Salonina had erected in honor of the goddess Segetia, the deity presiding over harvests when sprung from the soil