Description
Elagabalus, Denarius, 218-222, Rome
RIC IV Elagabalus 141.
Obv.: IMP ANTONINVS AVG, Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, right.
Rev.: SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding rudder set on globe in left hand.
2.95 g
16.6 mm
Contemporary counterfeit.
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