Aureus - Marcus Aurelius (SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III; Salus)
Obverse
Bust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, right.
Lettering: M ANTONINVS AVG
Reverse
Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding transverse sceptre in left.
Lettering: SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
M ANTONINVS AVG
Reverse Lettering
SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III
Comments
Mass varies: 7.21–7.23 g;
Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
