Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 25.81 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 147. Laureate head right / SALVS AVG, S C across field, Salus standing left, feeding from patera a serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left, holding rudder on globe. RIC III 784; Banti 349. Emerald green patina, minor porosity. Near EF. Exquisite portrait.
From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 633.