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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 8463460, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1499591[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some nice coins and votive offerings found at the sacred Roman healing sanctuary in the Tuscan hill town of San Casciano dei Bagni, famous even today for its hot springs.</p><p><br /></p><p>“Hundreds of gold, silver, orichalcum, and bronze coins, a bronze putto, a marble relief of a bull’s head, five bronze votive figurines, miniature lamps, a bronze foil belt, and other religious offerings were found during excavations this summer in San Casciano Dei Bagni, establishing the baths as a particularly rich religious sanctuary beyond their significance as a thermal resort.“</p><p><br /></p><p>Some excavated coins from Augustus, Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499592[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499594[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499597[/ATTACH]</p><p>Probable votive offering of an ear</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499598[/ATTACH]</p><p>A marble statue of Hygeia, deity of health and daughter of Asclepius, the healing god, discovered at the site.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://arkeonews.net/an-extraordinary-votive-treasure-was-unearthed-in-the-ancient-roman-bath-sanctuary-of-san-casciano-dei-bagni-in-italy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://arkeonews.net/an-extraordinary-votive-treasure-was-unearthed-in-the-ancient-roman-bath-sanctuary-of-san-casciano-dei-bagni-in-italy/" rel="nofollow">https://arkeonews.net/an-extraordinary-votive-treasure-was-unearthed-in-the-ancient-roman-bath-sanctuary-of-san-casciano-dei-bagni-in-italy/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 8463460, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1499591[/ATTACH] Here are some nice coins and votive offerings found at the sacred Roman healing sanctuary in the Tuscan hill town of San Casciano dei Bagni, famous even today for its hot springs. “Hundreds of gold, silver, orichalcum, and bronze coins, a bronze putto, a marble relief of a bull’s head, five bronze votive figurines, miniature lamps, a bronze foil belt, and other religious offerings were found during excavations this summer in San Casciano Dei Bagni, establishing the baths as a particularly rich religious sanctuary beyond their significance as a thermal resort.“ Some excavated coins from Augustus, Trajan, Hadrian, and Marcus Aurelius: [ATTACH=full]1499592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499594[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1499597[/ATTACH] Probable votive offering of an ear [ATTACH=full]1499598[/ATTACH] A marble statue of Hygeia, deity of health and daughter of Asclepius, the healing god, discovered at the site. [URL]https://arkeonews.net/an-extraordinary-votive-treasure-was-unearthed-in-the-ancient-roman-bath-sanctuary-of-san-casciano-dei-bagni-in-italy/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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