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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7608032, member: 75937&quot;]This dupondius features Salus seated.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-avgvsti-pii-fil-s-c-salus-seated-dupondius-jpg.1223972/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 11.69 g, 26.3 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 154-157.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTI PII FIL S C, Salus seated left, feeding out of patera in right hand a snake coiled round altar and holding scepter in left.</p><p>Refs: <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1391_dupondius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1391_dupondius" rel="nofollow">RIC 1391a</a>; BMCRE p. 384*; Cohen 28; Strack 1331; Sear 4723.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is only known in the middle bronze denomination. It is easily mistaken for a similar issue, the SALVTI AVGVSTI reverse type issued later under Marcus Aurelius, such as <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14360" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-14360" rel="nofollow">this dupondius</a> in the British Museum collection (BMCRE 993, p.542).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/canvas-png.1223996/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Salus/Hygieia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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