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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3361403, member: 103829&quot;]Mysia, Pergamon, BMC 158&nbsp; <b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>AE 19, 8.31g, 18..9mm, 0°</p><p>struck 200-133 BC</p><p>obv. Head of Asklepios, laureate, r.</p><p>rev. in r. and l. field each from top to bottom AΣKΛHΠIOV - ΣWTHPOΣ</p><p>Asklepian snake coiled around omphalos covered with agrenon, head r. </p><p>ref. BMC Mysia p.129, 158; SNG France 1803ff.; SNG von Aulock 1372; not in SNG Copenhagen</p><p>about EF, nice dark green patina, small edge crack</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]890994[/ATTACH] </p><p>The portrait of Asklepios is taken from the famous Asklepios statue made by Phyromachos.</p><p>The <i>agrenon</i> was made of woolen garlands which covered netlike the omphalos[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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