Details of Salus personified on coins
Salus is the female personification of health. She is normally shown draped and either seated, feeding a snake coiled around an altar, or standing, holding and feeding the snake. Salus appears on coins between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD. Coin inscriptions often specify the welfare of the emperor (Salus Augusti), of the soldiers (Salus Militum) and of the state (Salus Reipublicae).
Attributes
- Snake
- Draped
- Altar
Greek counterpart
Salus can be identified with the Greek deity Hygieia
Wikipedia derived information
In Greek and Roman mythology, Hygieia (also Hygiea or Hygeia, Greek á½Î³Î¹ÎµÎ¯Î± or á½Î³ÎµÎ¯Î±, Latin HygÄa or HygÄ«a), was a daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius.
She was the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness and sanitation. She also played an important part in her father's cult. While her father was more directly associated with healing, she was associated with the prevention of sickness and the continuation of good health.
Her name is the source of the word "hygiene". She was imported by the Romans as the Goddess Valetudo, the goddess of personal health, but in time she started to be increasingly identifyed with the ancient Italian goddess of social welfare, Salus..
God of: Goddess of good health, cleanliness, and sanitation
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygieia
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