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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 3670016, member: 32619&quot;]Our modern opinion of snakes is not shared throughout the ancient world. There were many cultures and time periods, each having unique interpretation of snakes and to make things even more confusing, those interpretations changed over time. Here&#039;s a link covering some serpent reverse types:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/snake_coins.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/snake_coins.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/snake_coins.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my coins featuring snakes. The tetradrachm&#039;s serpents are in relation to the cult of Dionysus, a couple coins with a goddess of healing/health/hygiene feeding a serpent, and a couple with the demi-god of medicine Asklepios with a snake on his staff.&nbsp; None of these coins are depicting snakes in a negative way:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-173-pergamon-cista-mystica.6290/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>MYSIA, Pergamon. c. 166-67 BC. </p><p>AR Tetradrachm, 29mm 12.5, 12h; Cistophoric standard. Struck c. 104-98 BC. </p><p>Obv.: Cista mystica with serpent; all within ivy wreath.</p><p>Rev.: Bow case with serpents; above, KP above prytaneis monogram, civic monogram to left, serpent-entwined staff to right.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-21-hadrian-salus.3327/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Hadrian, AD 117 - 138</p><p>AE as, 10.8g, 27mm; 6h; Rome mint, AD 128 - 132</p><p>Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS PP; laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: COS III, S C in fields; Salus, draped, standing right, feeding out of patera in left hand snake held in right hand</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-62-commodus-serpent.3601/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Commodus; Philppopolis, Thrace; AD 180-192</p><p>AE, 4.07g, 18mm; 6h</p><p>Obv.: AY K? M?...-KOMOΔOC; laureate head right</p><p>Rev.: [Φ]ΙΛΙΠΠΟ[ΠOΛEITΩN]; bearded, coiled serpent with two head fins</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-180-caracalla-hygieia.7634/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Caracalla, AD 211-217.</p><p>Æ30, 16.2g, 7h; THRACE, Serdica.</p><p><i>Obv</i>.: AVT K M AVP CEVH ANTWNEINOC; Laureate head right.</p><p><i>Rev</i>.: OYΛΠIAC CEΡΔIKHC; Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent in arms.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-175-septimius-thrace.6903/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;Septimius Severus, 193 - 211 AD</p><p>Æ 8 Assaria, 32mm, 15.31g, 8h; Thrace, Pautalia Mint.</p><p>Obv.: AV K A CEΠTI CEVHPOC ΠEP; Laureate head of Septimius right.</p><p>Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC; Fourfold coiled serpent with erect head right.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-131-caracalla-asklepios.4480/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Caracalla, AD 198-217</p><p>AE30, 14.9g, 7h; Thrace, Pautalia.</p><p>Obv.: AVT K MAVP CEV ANTONEINOC, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC, Asklepios standing front, looking left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-101-gallienus-asclepius.3975/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Gallienus, AD 260-268</p><p>AE Antoninianus, 1.9g, 18x22mm, 6h; Milan mint, 265-266.</p><p>Obv.: IMP GALLIENVS AVG; Radiate, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev.: SALVS AVG; Asclepius, naked to waist, standing front, head turned left, right hand on hip, left hand resting on serpent-entwined staff // MP</p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine, and this is only speculation since I haven&#039;t given it much thought, that serpents really god a bad reputation after the rise and dominance of Christianity throughout the Western world. Are there any coins featuring snakes after Constantine? Are there any coins with snakes after the coinage reforms of Diocletian?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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