As/dupondius, Marcus Aurelius (121–180; Roman emperor 161–180), issuer. Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius with a laurel wreath facing right, inscription IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG PM. Reverse: Salus standing left, feeding a snake wrapped around an altar with a patera in her right hand and holding a scepter in her left; inscriptions SALVTI AV, STOR TR P XVII, COS III, in SC fields. Iconography includes scepters, personifications, altars, paterae, cornucopiae, snakes; Salus (personification). Date: 162–163. Type: Roman coin (as/dupondius). Roman Empire (27 BC–476), Rome. Coin diameter 24.5–

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