Asklepios and serpent

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  1. MasterVampire

    MasterVampire Active Member

    I recently won this from a Nomos Ag auction and I’m pretty happy with it.

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    MasterVampire, Dec 22, 2020
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I can see why! Lovely coin.

    @happy_collector just won this one in my Giveaway #48.

    Greece (Mysia, Pergamon): bronze Æ15, ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC; Asklepios / Serpent staff
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    Obverse:     head of Asclepius right. (aka Asklepios, Aesculapius, etc.- spellings vary).
    Reverse: serpent-entwined staff (i.e., Rod of Asclepius).

    Mysia, Pergamon. Æ 15 mm, 3.2 g. Ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC.
    Ref. SNG Copenhagen-401 or similar.*

    Ex-Biga Numismatiek, Netherlands (formerly Alibaba Coins), 13 May 2020.
     
    lordmarcovan, Dec 23, 2020
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  4. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Nice one, @MasterVampire! This is one of my favorite Asklepios coins:

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    Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.
    Roman Provincial Æ 27.2 mm, 8.75 g, 6 h.
    Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior, Legate Um(brius?) Tereventinus, AD 226-227.
    Obv: AVT K M AVP CEVH AΛEZANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
    Rev: HΓ ȢM TEPEBENTINOV MAPKIANOΠOΛIT-ΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff.
    Refs: AMNG I 1027; Moushmov 696; Varbanov 1685 (same dies).
     
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  5. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    Beautifull example MasterVampire, congrats

    Here's mine;

    Snake Asclepious card.jpg
     
    Andres2, Dec 23, 2020
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  6. NewStyleKing

    NewStyleKing Beware of Greeks bearing wreaths

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    Athens New Style Tetradrachm 135/4 BC
    Obs : Athena Parthenos right in tri-form helmet
    16.63g 29.2mm Thompson issue 30
    Thompson catalogue: Obs 354 : Rev NEW
    Rev : AΘE ethnic
    Owl standing on overturned Panathenaic amphora on
    which month mark [Ν] control ΗΡ below
    3 magistrates : MENED EPIGENO ARISTE
    LF symbol : Asklepios clutching stick with snake entwined
    All within a surrounding olive wreath
     
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  7. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    ...as you should be. That is a nice coin with good detail on the omphalos. Mine lost the omphalos (and flattened detail on the obverse) to a countermark of an owl.
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