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Numismatics
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Ruler: Gallienus, Emperor of Rome, ca. A.D. 218–268, ruled 253–68
Mint: Mediolanum
Artist: Unknown
Honorand: Cornelia Salonina Augusta, wife of the emperor Gallienus, died 268
Coin of Gallienus, Emperor of Rome from Mediolanum
254–60
Billon
3.38 g, 6:00, 20 mm
Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dr. John G. Adams, B.A. 1874
2001.87.7267
Geography:
Made in Rome, Italy
Status:
By appointment
Culture:
Roman
Period:
3rd century
Classification:
Numismatics
Provenance:
Dr. John G. Adams, to about 1900; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1900 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
