Salonina (wife of Gallienus)
Colonia Agrippinensis, circa 257-258 CE
AR Antoninianus 1.97g, 23mm, 12h
SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent /
FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas seated to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae.
RIC V.1 6 (joint reign); MIR 903c; RSC 50
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker 2008
Victorinus
Colonia Agrippinensis, circa 269 CE
BI Antoninianus 3.55g, 19mm, 1h.
IMP C PI VICTORINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right /
AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopiae
RIC V.2 41 (Southern mint), 126 (Uncertain mint); J. Mairat, The coinage of the Gallic Empire, Wolfson College, Trinity, 2014 (unpublished PhD Thesis), 641
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker 2009
Valerian I
AR Antoninianus 3.25g, 23mm, 6h
Colonia Agrippinensis, 257 CE
VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVGG, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding globe
RIC V.1 12 (Lugdunum) var. (bust type); MIR 868h; RSC 143a var. (same)
Valerian II Caesar
Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint 256-258 CE
1st emission, 257-258 CE
AR Antoninianus 22mm; 5.50 gm 12h
Obv: Radiate and draped bust right, as seen from behind.
Rev: Young Jupiter riding goat right, head left, raising both hands.
RIC V 3; MIR 36, 907e; RSC 26
Colonia Agrippinensis became the city of Cologne, Germany. Originally inhabited by the Eborones tribe, the city was founded in 38 BCE when the Roman general Agrippa resettled a Germanic tribe named the Ubii there.
It was mostly a garrison town until 50 CE, when it was elevated to colony status by Claudius, under the request of his wife Agrippina the Younger, who was born there. It eventually became the capital of the province of Germania Inferior.
Colonia Agrippinensis founded by Agrippa
The garrisons in Colonia Agrippinensis mutiny to support Germanicus as Emperor
Agrippina the Younger born at Colonia Agrippinensis
Colonia Agrippinensis elevated to colony status by Claudius
City wall constructed at Colonia Agrippinensis
Eifel Aqueduct, one of the longest in the Roman Empire, constructed at Colonia Agrippinensis