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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4951087, member: 85693&quot;]Great coin, RC.&nbsp; The condition looks quite acceptable to me, especially given the rarity. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have an unappetizing Salus-standing dupondius for Marcus Aurelius, though it appears to be later than the issue you cite, probably issued with Andres2&#039;s denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190061[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(168-169 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANTO[NINVS AVG TRP] XXIII, radiate head right / [SAL]VTI AV[G COS III] S C</p><p>Salus standing left, feeding snake coiled around altar, holding long scepter.</p><p>RIC III 965; BMC 1353.</p><p>(7.52 grams / 24 x 23 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking around the Antonine women issues I have, I did find a seated Salus for Crispina (but no Faustinas):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1190064[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Crispina (wife of Commodus)</b> <b>Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>(180-183 A.D.)</b></p><p>CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / <strike>AL[VS] S-C, Salus seated left, feeding a serpent&nbsp; coiled around altar from patera held in right hand.</strike></p><p><strike>RIC 672a, Cohen 33, BMC 420</strike></p><p><strike>(18.99 grams / 28 mm)</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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