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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. The Rome and Siscia mints often struck the same types. One way to distinguish the issuing mint for a coin is the portrait style. Portraits of Gallienus from Siscia often have a downward pointing nose, such as on this coin.
RA72405. Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1462b; RIC V-1 S581K, SRCV III -, gVF, some silvering remaining, 1st officina, Siscia (Sisak, Croatia) mint, weight 2.857g, maximum diameter 18.6mm, die axis 0o, 4th emission, 260 - 268 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse SALVS AVG (the health of the Emperor), Salus standing left, from patera in right hand, feeding snake rising from altar at feet on left, scepter in right, P right; SOLD
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