Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 170. ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIIII, laureate head right / SALVTI • AVG • COS III, Salus standing left, holding scepter in left hand and feeding from patera held in right hand a serpent rising from altar to left; S C flanking. RIC III 979; MIR 18, 195-6/30; Banti 269; BMCRE 525-8. VF, green patina. Dramatic die clash on reverse revealing profile of emperor.
