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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6447506, member: 85693&quot;]Great write-up as always, RC.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I&#039;m not too far off-topic here, but the rudder on Roman coins is also used for Salus, so I just found out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This budget sestertius of Antoninus Pius just showed up the other day and here Salus feeds the usual snake-on-an-altar, but she also holds a rudder in her other arm.&nbsp; Most of these Salus types for Antoninus have the rudder balanced on a globe (like Providentia), but here she cradles it in her arms, no globe.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256327[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(c. 145-147 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR [P], laureate head right / COS I[II]I, S-C, Salus standing left, feeding serpent arising from altar with patera and holding upright rudder</p><p>RIC III 761; Cohen 282.</p><p>(23.12 grams / 31 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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