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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2947569, member: 57495&quot;]Thanks, that gave me a good chuckle, which is always good for one&#039;s general salus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll pile on with my RR Salus.&nbsp; Interestingly here, the obverse bust is of Salus, and the snake-tending deity on the reverse is Valetudo, the goddess of physical well-being.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]719315[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>Manius Acilius Glabrio, moneyer</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.78g, 19mm. Rome mint, 49 BC. Crawford 442/1a; Sydenham 922. O: Laureate head of Salus right; SALVTIS behind. R: Valetudo standing left holding serpent and leaning elbow on column; MN ACILIVS III VIR VALETV around.</p><p><i>Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12776</i></p><p>Notes: <i>The choice of Valetudo for the reverse to accompany Salus on the obverse was clearly a specific choice, but theories as to the actual reason remain divided.&nbsp; It has been suggested that the Acilia were responsible for the early promotion of private medical practice in Rome, but there is no strong evidence to support this theory. On the other hand, our moneyer Glabrio may have been raised as a child in Pompey&#039;s house (his mother, Aemilia Scaura, was Pompey&#039;s second wife), and the choice may have been made in connection with Pompey&#039;s recovery from a grave illness the year before, an event which was widely celebrated throughout Italy. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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