Mint and Date: Rome, 217-218 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 2.4g
Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right with long beard.
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG
Reverse: Salus seated left, reaching forward and grasping with right hand at shoulder height snake which rises from altar, to feed it from a patera held out with left hand at waist height.
SALVS PVBLICA
Provenance: Vaughn Rare Coin Gallery (Vcoins), August 2006
Ref: RIC 85; RCV (2002) 7346
BW Ref: 007 024 084