IONIA. Ephesus. Salonina, Augusta, 254-268. Diassarion (Orichalcum, 25 mm, 8.17 g, 7 h). •CAΛ•XPYCOΓONH CЄ• Diademed and draped bust of Salonina set on crescent to right. Rev. APTЄMIC ЄΦЄCI-A• Artemis running right, shooting arrow from bow; at feet, hunting dog running right. BMC 397. Karwiese 1187 (O8/R35). SNG Copenhagen -. SNG München -. SNG von Aulock -. A lovely piece with a particularly charming portrait. Light roughness on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely 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