Severus Alexander, AR denarius. Antioch.

IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate, draped and 
cuirassed bust right.
SALVS PVBLICA , Salus seated left, elbow resting on 
chair arm, holding out a patera to feed a serpent 
rising from altar.

RIC 298 var.

Contributed by Bill Welch, August 2009

From a Severus Alexander collector: "Obviously from Antioch, 
not Rome. The uneven lettering is a clue it is from Antioch.
The coin is a variety of RIC 298 – which has a different obverse legend."