Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Empress Salonina

<p>The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a draped bust of the empress Salonina, facing right.<br>The back (reverse) depicts an eaglewith a wreath in its beak and its wings open behind.</p> <p>Salonina was married to the Roman emperor Gallienus, who reigned jointly with his father, Valerian, from 253-260, and then as sole emperor to 268. The date this coin was struck is indicated in the reverse inscription &quot;LIE &quot;, which means the fifteenth year of Gallienus's reign, or 267-268 CE.</p>