Antoninus Pius, AR denarius – COS IIII / Salus type

Antoninus Pius, AR denarius – COS IIII / Salus type

• weight: 2.7g (worn, typical is about 3.1g, 18mm) 

• Date: Rome, AD 148–149 

• Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII – laureate head right 

• Reverse: COS IIII – Salus draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand feeding a snake coiled round an altar, and holding a rudder on globe in left. The PAS describes the same type as "Salus, draped, standing left, with patera in right hand feeding snake coiled round altar and holding rudder on globe in left. COS IIII" 

• Reference: RIC III 181