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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3227295, member: 75937&quot;]Nice one, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] ! You might be interested in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-asklepian-snake-on-roman-coins.296687/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-asklepian-snake-on-roman-coins.296687/">this write-up</a> I did about the snakes of Asklepios. I have a coin like yours:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841747[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia, Pergamon, ca. 133-27 B.C.</p><p>Greek Æ dichalkon, 16.4 mm, 3.74 g, 2 h.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Asklepios right.</p><p>Rev: AΣKΛHPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ, serpent-entwined staff.</p><p>Refs: BMC 154-157; SNG Cop 368 ff; SNG France 1828-48; SNG von Aulock 1373.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple more Asklepios/Aesculapius coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841748[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 26.4 mm, 12.98 g.</p><p>Thrace, Anchialus, AD 241.</p><p>Obv: Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CΕΒ-[...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, confronted.</p><p>Rev: ΟVΛΠΑΝW[ΑΝ]ΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, with serpent climbing staff to left.</p><p>Refs: Moushmov 2936; AMGN II 665; Varbanov 672; SNG Cop --; BMC Thrace --.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841749[/ATTACH] </p><p>Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 20.5 mm, 5.63 gm.</p><p>Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 193-211.</p><p>Obv: ΑΥ ΚΛ CЄΠ CЄΥΗΡΟC CЄB, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΝΙΚΑΙЄΩΝ, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent-staff.</p><p>Ref: Waddington <i>Recueil général</i> 333, citing a retouched specimen in Milan, AE 21 with illegible obverse legend.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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