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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Empress Salonina

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

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.

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