Coin Portraying Empress Salonina

<p>The front (obverse) of this coin portrays Salonina, facing right, draped and diademed. The back (reverse) depicts the goddess Tyche standing left wearing kalathos (hat shaped like a basket) on head, palm behind, holding rudder and cornucopiae.</p> <p>Salonina was married to the Roman emperor Gallienus, who reigned jointly with his father, Valerian, from 253-260, then as sole emperor to 268. The date this coin was struck is indicated in the reverse inscription &quot; LI ∆ &quot;, which means the fourteenth year of Gallienus's reign, or 266-267 CE.</p>