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Is This Coin A Salonina Coin?

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I have tentatively identified this coin as Salonina. Am I correct and why can't I find it?


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Yes, Salonina. Denomination may be a diassarion, I believe. From Dium, Macedon.
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FYI, the figure (god) in the temple is Asklepios.
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THANKS again @Bob L.
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Oh I forgot to post my findings, so here they are:

Salonina, AD 253-268. Roman provincial orichalcum diassarion, 8.96 g, 22.0 mm, 7h Macedon, Dium. Obv: SALONINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust r. on crescent. Rev: COL IVL DIEN-[SIS] D - D, Asklepios standing facing in distyle temple, leaning on serpent-entwined staff in r. hand. Refs: Varbanov III, p. 409, 3571
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