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Saloninus. AD 260. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 2.30 g, 6h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Radiate and draped bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC V 14 (Lyon) corr. (Spes advancing left, not right); MIR 36, 917f; RSC 94. Toned, struck on reverse with a worn die as usual. VF. Very rare issue of Saloninus as Augustus.
Ex Numismatik Naumann 106 (1 August 2021), lot 741.
After the death of his brother Valerian II, Saloninus was given the rank of Caesar and sent to Cologne to oversee the western provinces. He was aided by Silvanus, the praetorian prefect, and Postumus, the governor of Upper (or Lower) Germany. But after the death of Valerian I, Postumus usurped power by being hailed as emperor by his troops, and he laid siege to Cologne, the site of Saloninus’ court. After holding the rank of Augustus for a very brief period, in which this coin was struck, the unfortunate Saloninus was executed by Postumus. Postumus then constructed a triumphal arch commemorating his victory over the young emperor.
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