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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 4402626, member: 82616&quot;]Appropriately for these troubled times, my latest coin has Salus on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106413[/ATTACH]<b>Vespasian</b></p><p>Æ Sestertius, 24.14g</p><p>Lyon mint, 77-78 AD</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII; Head of Vespasian, laureate, r., globe at point of bust</p><p>Rev: SALVS AVGVSTA; S C in exergue; Salus std. l. with patera and sceptre</p><p>RIC 1208 (C). BMC 827. BNC 822.</p><p>Acquired from eBay, April 2020. Ex Pegasi Auction 42, 12 November 2019, lot 488. Formerly in NGC holder 5872968-004, grade &#039;Ch F&#039;, strike 5/5, surface 3/5.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 77-78 Lugdunum (modern Lyon) after a hiatus of several years struck a decently sized issue of bronze coinage, presumably to address a shortage in the Western provinces. The types copy those common to Rome and feature distinctive &#039;blocky&#039; portraits. Sestertii from the issue are quite rare today, with this Salus type perhaps being the most common. According to Mattingly in BMCRE II the Salus type seen here perhaps represents &#039;the salvation conferred by the imperial system&#039;. Salus here symbolises the health and welfare of the Roman state, not the person of the emperor himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin came slabbed, it is no longer.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106414[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share your Salus or Hygieia coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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