SALONINA AR Antoninianus (258-259 AD) – Tetrastyle temple

SALONINA AR Antoninianus (258-259 AD) – Tetrastyle temple

Obverse : Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set on crescent /

Reverse : DEAE SEGETIAE, Segetia, orans, standing facing within tetrastyle temple.

Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 2nd emission,

2,19 g.

RIC V (joint reign) 5;

Segetia presided over crops after they had appeared above ground. Presumably, Salonina was associated with an erection of a temple to the rural deity.