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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Maximianus with a reverse showing Salus Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Maximianus, 286-305 CE
Mint and Date: Lugdunum, 290-291 CE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 23mm, 3.63g
Obverse: IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG
Radiate and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: SALVS AVGG
Salus standing right, holding a snake in her right arm to feed it from patera held out in the left hand.
Exergue: C
Ref: RIC V 422
Provenance: Herakles Coins (Vcoins), February 2006
BW Ref: 010 024 073
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