Obverse: Draped bust of Salonina

Reverse: Three Monetae, with scales, cornucopiae, and piles of metal

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Silver
Denomination: Medallion
Issuing Authority: Gallienus
Actual Weight: 23.790 g.
Date: ca. 256 AD
Dimensions: 31 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Third Century A.C.


Obverse Type: Within a circle stand the draped figures of three Monetae (Mints), each holding a scale in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm, with a pile of metal at her feet

Donor: Anonymous Gift in Memory of Zoƫ Wilbour

Commentary: Imperial silver medallion

Sources Used: RIC V.1, 109, no. 17; Cohen 1880-1892, 5.497, nos. 7, 8 (ill.); Gnecchi 1912, 2, pl. V-3, no. 3, tar. 37, nos. 11, 12; Toynbee 1944, 149, no. 25; pl. XLVI.7