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A work made of billon.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Empress Salonina

about 265

Roman

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the empress Salonina, facing right.

On the back (reverse) Elpis, the personification of hope, is depicted holding a flower.

Billon

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium