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Gallienus, August 253 - September 268 A.D.
Salus was the Roman goddess of health. She was Hygieia to the Greeks, who believed her to be the daughter of Aesculapius, the god of medicine and healing, and Epione, the goddess of soothing of pain. Her father Asclepius learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one snake bringing another snake healing herbs. Woman seeking fertility, the sick, and the injured slept in his temples in chambers where non-poisonous snakes were left to crawl on the floor and provide healing. She was the goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation. While her father was more directly associated with healing, she was associated with the prevention of sickness and the continuation of good health. Her name is the source of the word "hygiene."RA41929. Silver antoninianus, Göbl MIR 824o, RIC V-1 J397 (Milan, 257 - 258), RSC IV 940a (Milan), SRCV III 10352 (Milan, 259 - 260), VF, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, weight 3.376g, maximum diameter 22.0mm, die axis 0o, 253 - 257 A.D.; obverse IMP GALLIENVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse SALVS AVGG (the health of the two emperors), Salus standing left, with right hand feeding snake raising from altar, long scepter in left; from the Jyrki Muona Collection; SOLD
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