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AR Antoninianus (Rome, AD 218)
O/ Bust radiate, draped and cuirassed right; IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG around.
R/ Salus standing right, feeding a snake which she holds in her arms; SALVS ANTONINI AVG around.
4.57g
RIC 137f (common); Cohen 260; 4 specimens in the Reka Devnia Hoard (4010 specimens for Elagabalus).
Minted in 218 after the Emperor had fallen sick in Nicomedia on his way to Rome, hence the use of Salus on the reverse.
Collection : Roman Imperial 04 - The Severan Dynasty (192-235)