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Antoninianus - Volusianus SALVS AVGVS; Salus

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Volusianus (Gaius Vibius Volusianus) (251-253)
Trebonianus Gallus (Gaius Vibius Afinius Trebonianus Gallus) (251-253)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 251-253
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
284056
References RIC IV.3# 185
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1949. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.3. Gordian III – Uranius Antoninus (AD 238–253). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.4.vo.185
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Volusian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Caius Vibius Volusianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Caius Vibius Volusianus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding snake coiled around altar out of right hand and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVS AVGVS

Translation:
Salus Duorum Augustorum.
Health of the two emperors (Augusti).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (251-253) 

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