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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3880732, member: 72790"]Not that it did much good, but the Roman people put much faith and credence into the worship of SALVS (Greek equivalent, more or less, of HYGIEIA). Here is a denarius of circa 49 BC showing SALVS and the inscription SALVTIS wishing the user of the denarius, "Good Health" while on the reverse is VALETU(do) or "Fare well" with the serpent of Asklepios which she was responsible for feeding. It is interesting that several of the Romance languages use a variation of her name for modern versions of good health and faring well. The denarius weighs 3.71 grams and is Sear 412.[ATTACH=full]1025076[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1025077[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3880732, member: 72790"]Not that it did much good, but the Roman people put much faith and credence into the worship of SALVS (Greek equivalent, more or less, of HYGIEIA). Here is a denarius of circa 49 BC showing SALVS and the inscription SALVTIS wishing the user of the denarius, "Good Health" while on the reverse is VALETU(do) or "Fare well" with the serpent of Asklepios which she was responsible for feeding. It is interesting that several of the Romance languages use a variation of her name for modern versions of good health and faring well. The denarius weighs 3.71 grams and is Sear 412.[ATTACH=full]1025076[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1025077[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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