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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3227052, member: 96635&quot;]Picked up this interesting Asklepios bronze coin from Pergamon, first snake added to my collection!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/oPUUONZ.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Mysia, Pergamon. Asklepios bronze coin. (133–27 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Laureate head of Asklepios right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Serpent entwined around staff of Asklepios. ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ.</p><p>Reference: SNG von Aulock 1373, SNG Cop. 370-376.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Asklepieia (healing temple) in Pergamon was founded in the first half of the 4th Century BC around a sacred spring that still flows. </p><p><br /></p><p>According to ancient myth, the god Asklepios had the power to raise people from the dead and he himself was restored to life by Zeus. For this reason he was thought to also have a snake form. Tame snakes were kept in his temples as this reptile was regarded as a symbol of regeneration, due to the shedding and regrowth of their skin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Patients approached the healing temple via the Sacred Way, a path that started their journey to health. An underground passage led to it so that the patients went down a short flight of steps into a tunnel: cubicles were located on either side of the passage and patients spent the night there.&nbsp; In the morning, they would tell their dreams to the priests to facilitate the diagnosis of their disease. The patients then ascended to the temple, which had a circular shape so that they could walk in a never ending procession; the pillars supporting the vaults had individual tubs for bathing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Treatments included psychotherapy, massage, herbal remedies, mud and bathing treatments, surgeries and the drinking of water, which were prescribed according to what dreams the patient had experienced. It was believed that dreams recounted a visit by the god Asklepios, who held the key to curing all illness.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Asklepios coins here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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