253-268 AD. Wife of Gallienus, Eastern mint. Obv: CORN SALONINA AVG legend with diademed and draped bust right on crescent. Rev: PIETAS AVG legend with Pietas standing left holding patera and box of perfumes. RIC-; Cunetio 791.3.44 grams. ("). From the private collection of a retired Suffolk gentleman. A woman of learning, Cornelia Salonina and her husband were members of the philosopher Plotinus' circle of intellectuals in Rome. The empress witnessed the murder of her husband in 268 AD and her subsequent fate is unknown. [No Reserve]