IONIA. Ephesus. Salonina, Augusta, 254-268. Diassarion (Bronze, 27 mm, 8.00 g, 6 h). CAΛΩΝ•XPYCOΓONH•C Diademed and draped bust of Salonina set on crescent to right. Rev. ΕΦΕϹΙΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΩ/И / ΑϹΙΑϹ✱ Sacred four-wheeled and covered wagon (hierà apêmê) to right, drawn by two mules. Karwiese 1214 (O7/R67). RPC X online ID 61103. Very rare. Somewhat rough and with light deposits, otherwise, about very fine.



The epithet XPYCOΓONH literally means 'born in gold'. It only occurs on Roman Provincial Coins from western Asia Minor and has led historians to speculate that Salonina may have been of Ionian origin.