Salonina, Silver Antoninianus

Salonina was the wife of Gallienus. Sadly, we do not know too much about her life.

Juno Regina was an appropriate figure to grace the reverse of coins featuring the wives of emperors. The wife of Jupiter, she is heralded as the queen of the gods. The object she is holding out, a patera, is a shallow bowl that would hold libations to the gods, showing both Salonina’s nobility and piety.