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Macrinus, 11 April 217 - 8 June 218 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.SL112656. Silver denarius, RIC IV 23b, RSC III 67, BMCRE V 39, SRCV II 7346, Hunter -, NGC XF (6827716-013), Rome mint, weight 3.288g, maximum diameter 19.4mm, die axis 180o, Apr - Dec 217 A.D.; obverse IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front; reverse PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P (high priest, holder of Tribunitian power, consul, father of the country), Salus seated left on throne with high-back, snake coiled around and rising from altar before her, Salus holding snake with right hand and feeding snake from patera in left hand; photo taken before certification, NGC| Lookup; scarce; SOLD
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