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Severus Alexander Salus Coin Type: Silver denarius of Severus Alexander, 222-235 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 222 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm, 2.3g
Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG
Reverse: Salus seated left, elbow resting on chair arm, holding out a patera to feed a snake rising from an altar.
SALVS PVBLICA
Provenance: inclinatioroma (Vauctions), August 2005
Ref: RCV (2002) 7925, RIC 179
BW Ref: 020 026 033
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