Sestertius

Date: 162-163 AD

Obverse:

Laureate and draped bust right. Legend: IMP CAES M AVREL - ANTONINVS AVG P M.

Reverse:

Salus standing left, feeding with panther to coiled serpent on altar and holding sceptre. Legend: SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII S - C EXERGO COS III.

Weight: 23.65 gr. - Diameter: 31 mm. - Axes: 12 h.

Described in: RIC III 844.

Published in: Abascal Palazón, J.M., Olcina Doménech, M., Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 1995: "Un tesoro de sestercios procedente del Territorium de Dianium (Hispania Citerior)". Alicante, p. 53, nº 366; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Numismatic collections of the MARQ, Alicante, p. 114.

Monetary Inventory Number: 3481.

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