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Trajan, 25 January 98 - 8 or 9 August 117 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.SH72494. Copper as, Woytek 337aD, Cohen II 488, RIC II 515 var. (slight drapery), BMCRE III 934 var. (same), BnF IV 623 var. (same), SRCV II 3232 var. (same), aVF, a little rough, Rome mint, weight 9.475g, maximum diameter 26.7mm, die axis 180o, 107 A.D.; obverse IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, laureate head right; reverse S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Salus seated left on throne, from patera in right hand, feeding snake arising from altar before her, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; ex Morton & Eden auction 59 (13 - 14 Nov 2012), part of lot 883; ex Seaver Collection; scarce; SOLD
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