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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Tacitus| > RB48408
Tacitus, 25 September 275 - June 276 A.D.
|Tacitus|, |Tacitus,| |25| |September| |275| |-| |June| |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. This coin, dedicated to the health of the emperor, probably indicates the emperor was at the time suffering from some disease, and sacred rites had been performed for his recovery.
RB48408. Silvered antoninianus, MER-RIC 3368, BnF XII 1653, Venèra 1307 - 1328 (LV 1859), RIC V-1 158 corr., VF, perfect centering, some silvering, some earthen encrustation, 3rd officina, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 3.991g, maximum diameter 21.9mm, die axis 0o, 1st emission, Nov - Dec 275 A.D.; obverse IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse SALVS AVG (the health of the Emperor), Salus seated left, feeding snake rising from altar, T in exergue; SOLD











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