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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Florianus| > SH16877
Florianus, June or July - August or September 276 A.D.
|Florianus|, |Florianus,| |June| |or| |July| |-| |August| |or| |September| |276| |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.
SH16877. Billon antoninianus, MER-RIC T4160 (this coin, the only spec. listed), RIC V-1 93 (legend not listed), Estiot pp. 336 - 337 (legend not listed with this bust type), Choice VF, 3rd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 3.629g, maximum diameter 22.9mm, die axis 0o, 1st issue, Jul 276 A.D.; obverse IMP M ANNIVS FLORIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right; reverse SALVS PVBLI, Salus standing right, feeding snake held in both hands; from the Martin Griffiths Collection; the only known specimen; SOLD










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IMPCMANNIVSFLORIANVSAVG
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IMPMAN FLORIANVSAVG
IMPMANN FLORIANVSPAVG
IMPMANNIVS FLORIANVSAVG
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