Roman Imperial
Mariniana (wife of Valerian I), Posthumous BI Antoninianus minted after 253, mint Rome
Obverse: bust of the empress facing right
DIVAE MARINIANAE
Reverse: peacock facing right
CONSECRATIO
Weight 3.41 g
Mariniana was the wife of Valerian I and the mother of Gallienus. Based upon her surviving coinage, it would appear that she died prior to her husband’s accession to the the throne of the Roman Empire. All her coins are thus commemorative by nature.
