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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4563716, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coins.&nbsp; This is one of my favorite worship scene from my collection - feeding the snake for good health.&nbsp; I think I&#039;ll hold out for the vaccination.&nbsp; Obviously I lack <i>Pietas</i>. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1129878[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(144 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>ANTONINVS AVG PIVS [PP TR P COS] III, Laureate head right / DES [III]I S-C, Salus standing left, holding rudder on globe and feeding serpent rising from altar to left.</p><p>RIC 749; Cohen 348.</p><p>(26.05 grams / 29 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Salus, the goddess of health, feeding the sacred snake that belongs to her father, Asclepius, the god of medicine... </p><p><br /></p><p>During the year AD 144, Salus was by far the commonest type, which is an indication that the emperor suffered from serious illness in this period.&quot; FORVM[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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