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A silver denarius of the emperor Caracalla showing Salus raising a kneeling female Coin Type: Silver denarius of Caracalla, Caesar Dec 195 - 28 Jan 198 CE, Augustus 28 Jan 198 - 8 Apr 217 CE.
Mint and Date: Laodicea, 201 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm x 20mm, 3.67g
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS
Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind.
Reverse: SAL GEN HVM
Salus standing facing, head left, left hand holding tall staff with snake winding around it, right hand raising smaller female figure facing her on one knee.
Provenance: Glenn W. Woods (Vcoins), September 2006
Ref: RCV (2005) 6883; RIC IV 350; BMCRE V p.293, 701.
BW Ref: 020 027 088
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