Antoninus Pius. 40-as

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Rome, 140-4 AD, As, 9.60g. Strack-909 (citing Naples only). Obv: ANTONINVS AVG - PIVS COS III P P Head laureate r. Rx: SA - LVS - [AVGVSTI] on l. and r., S C in exergue, Salus seated l., extending patera to snake rising from altar, l. elbow on arm rest. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; purchased from Brandt, Nov. 2011. With very rare variant obverse legend omitting TR P.Flan defect on reverse at five o'clock. EF