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Philip II, July or August 247 - Late 249 A.D., Tomis Moesia
Hygieia is usually said to be a daughter of Asklepios, along with her sisters, Panacea and Iaso. Hygieia, though, was the most important of the attendants of Asklepios and was thought by some in antiquity to be not his daughter but his wife. She was more important than other members of the family and more on par with Asklepios himself. Hygieia is remembered today in the word, "hygiene." She appears on numerous coins, usually depicted feeding the sacred snake from a patera. She was often identified with Salus, an old Roman goddess.RP63002. Bronze tetrassaria, Varbanov I 5796 (R4), AMNG I/II 3601, Moushmov 2337, SNG BM -, SNG Stancomb, SNG Cop -, BMC Thrace -, F, near black patina with flake on reverse, central cavities, Tomis (Constanta, Romania) mint, weight 11.56g, maximum diameter 26.7mm, die axis 225o, as caesar, c. Feb/Mar 244 - Aug 247 A.D.; obverse MAP IOYΛIOC ΦIΛIΠΠOC, KAICAP (ending below busts), bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip II (on left) right, seen from behind, confronting draped bust of Serapis left, kalathos on his head; reverse MHTPO ΠONTOY TOMEΩC, Hygieia standing right, feeding snake in right hand from patera in left hand; SOLD
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