ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN, Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated, Tacitus (AD 275-276), Æ Antoninianus, radiate head facing right, rev SALVS AVG, Salus standing left, feeding a snake rising from an altar, and holding sceptre, XXIΔ in exergue (cf RIC 93 (misdescribed)); Carus (AD 282-283), AE Antoninianus, minted at Ticinum, radiate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt, SXXI in exergue (RIC 82). Both extremely fine. (2)
from the Evan Salholm collection
first purchased E Szauer, 17 November 1993
second purchased D Ruskin, 3 September 1995
Estimate: £120-160