Antoninus Pius 'Ancient Imitation of Salus' AE As
Bronze, 8.55 grams, 24.71 mm. Unofficial mint imitating Rome. 138-161 AD. Obverse: ANTONINVS IIVC C....PP YOT CS IIII, (for ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TRP COS III), laureate head right. Reverse: (S)ALVC AVGV (for SALVS AVG), Salus standing left, holding patera and sceptre, feeding serpent entwinded around altar. Imitative of RIC 688 (COS III). Good fine/fine.
