Saloninus, AR antoninianus, 21 mm, 2.75 gr, Cologne. 260 AD.

IMP SALON VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.
SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising 
hem of robe. 

RIC 14A Lyons; Goebl 0917f Cologne; Elmer 108; Sear 10781.

Very rare.
A rare issues of Saloninus as Augustus, issued shortly 
before he was murdered by Postumus.

With permission of cngcoins.com, Triton XIII, Jan. 2010.