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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7385142, member: 110350"]I have no coins with Telesphoros, and only one depicting Asklepios, a coin that I would characterize as "Republican Provincial":</p><p><br /></p><p>Mysia, Pergamon (under Roman Republic from 133 BCE, Province of Asia), AE 19 mm., 133-27 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Asklepios right / Rev. Serpent coiled around oval Omphalos covered by net [<i>agrenon</i>],* AΣKΛHΠIOY downwards to right, ΣΩTHΡOΣ downwards to left [ = Asklepios Sothros or Soter, meaning “the Savior”]. BMC 15 Mysia 158 (p. 129) & PL. XXVII no. 4 [Wroth, Warwick, <i>A Catalogue of the Greek Coins of the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia</i> (London 1892)]; Sear, <i>Greek Coins</i> 3967 (p. 369) (ill.) [Sear, David, <i>Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa</i> (Seaby 1979)]; SNG Von Aulock I 1377 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 1: Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Mysia, Troas, Aiolis, Lesbos, Ionia</i> (Berlin, 1957)]; SNG BnF 1803-1827 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothéque Nationale, Vol. 5, Mysia</i> (Paris 2001)]. 19 mm., 9.91 g., 11 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285629[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>*See the definitions of Omphalos and agrenon at <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/glossary.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/glossary.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/glossary.html</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>Omphalos: The Omphalos was a sacred stone sited near the prophetic chamber of the oracle of Delphi. The word means "navel" in Greek, indicating its position in the centre of the Hellenic world. There were several copies, and some other stones are sometimes given this name, but the Delphi stone is the original and the one which is usually meant by the term. Apollo, the patron deity of the Delphic oracle, is often shown seated on the Omphalos. It was usually shown on coins as covered by a white wool netting, the agrenon, though this is worn to invisibility on many examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Agrenon: A Greek word for the white wool netting which covered the Omphalos, and was also worn by soothsayers. It was related to the casting nets used by hunters. It was made of raw wool which had been carded, but not spun or died. Paintings and copies of the Omphalos showed it with this netting. It can be seen on the example to the right, criss-crossing between the body of a snake [illustration is of this coin type; see <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/pergamon_004.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/pergamon_004.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/pergamon_004.html</a>].</p><p><br /></p><p>I particularly like this example because it's possible to see the netting clearly on the Omphalos, which isn't always the case. Also the serpent's beard. But could someone please explain to me exactly what Asklepios and his snake have to do with the Omphalos of Delphi (specifically indicated by the net or agrenon), and why the snake is coiled around it? Is it supposed to be healing or protecting the Omphalos, or some similar meaning?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7385142, member: 110350"]I have no coins with Telesphoros, and only one depicting Asklepios, a coin that I would characterize as "Republican Provincial": Mysia, Pergamon (under Roman Republic from 133 BCE, Province of Asia), AE 19 mm., 133-27 BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Asklepios right / Rev. Serpent coiled around oval Omphalos covered by net [[I]agrenon[/I]],* AΣKΛHΠIOY downwards to right, ΣΩTHΡOΣ downwards to left [ = Asklepios Sothros or Soter, meaning “the Savior”]. BMC 15 Mysia 158 (p. 129) & PL. XXVII no. 4 [Wroth, Warwick, [I]A Catalogue of the Greek Coins of the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia[/I] (London 1892)]; Sear, [I]Greek Coins[/I] 3967 (p. 369) (ill.) [Sear, David, [I]Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 2: Asia & Africa[/I] (Seaby 1979)]; SNG Von Aulock I 1377 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland, Sammlung Hans Von Aulock, Vol. 1: Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Mysia, Troas, Aiolis, Lesbos, Ionia[/I] (Berlin, 1957)]; SNG BnF 1803-1827 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France, Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothéque Nationale, Vol. 5, Mysia[/I] (Paris 2001)]. 19 mm., 9.91 g., 11 h. [ATTACH=full]1285629[/ATTACH] *See the definitions of Omphalos and agrenon at [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/glossary.html[/URL]: Omphalos: The Omphalos was a sacred stone sited near the prophetic chamber of the oracle of Delphi. The word means "navel" in Greek, indicating its position in the centre of the Hellenic world. There were several copies, and some other stones are sometimes given this name, but the Delphi stone is the original and the one which is usually meant by the term. Apollo, the patron deity of the Delphic oracle, is often shown seated on the Omphalos. It was usually shown on coins as covered by a white wool netting, the agrenon, though this is worn to invisibility on many examples. Agrenon: A Greek word for the white wool netting which covered the Omphalos, and was also worn by soothsayers. It was related to the casting nets used by hunters. It was made of raw wool which had been carded, but not spun or died. Paintings and copies of the Omphalos showed it with this netting. It can be seen on the example to the right, criss-crossing between the body of a snake [illustration is of this coin type; see [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/pergamon_004.html[/URL]]. I particularly like this example because it's possible to see the netting clearly on the Omphalos, which isn't always the case. Also the serpent's beard. But could someone please explain to me exactly what Asklepios and his snake have to do with the Omphalos of Delphi (specifically indicated by the net or agrenon), and why the snake is coiled around it? Is it supposed to be healing or protecting the Omphalos, or some similar meaning?[/QUOTE]
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