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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7810758, member: 85693&quot;]That is a lovely coin.&nbsp; Congrats.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for Antoninus Pius and Salus, I have no gold, but I have some sestertii.&nbsp; I did find a note on FORVM about the issues of 144 A.D.:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341743[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(144 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, Laureate head right / [D]ES [IIII] S-C, Salus standing left, holding rudder on globe and feeding serpent rising from altar to left.</p><p>RIC 749; Cohen 348.</p><p>(26.50 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2020&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>Notes:</b> &quot;During the year AD 144, Salus was by far the commonest type, which is an indication that the emperor suffered from serious illness in this period.&quot;</p><p>FORVM</p><p><br /></p><p>I accidentally got a second one of the above, RIC 749 (26.05 grams / 29 mm):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341752[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another Salus, slightly later but holding the rudder (as in the OP, but not as pretty): </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341730[/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)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet another one: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1341749[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(145-161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[ANTONIN]VS AVG PIVS PP [TRP C]OS IIII, laureate head right / [SALVS AVG] S-C, Salus standing right feeding serpent coiled around altar and holding rudder on globe.</p><p>RIC 784; BMC 1715; Coh. 718.</p><p>(27.44 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2019[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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