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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4723350, member: 10461"]<b><font size="5"><font face="Georgia">Greece (Mysia, Pergamon): bronze Æ15, ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC; Asklepios / Serpent staff </font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-mysia-pergamon-bronze-%C3%8615-ca-2nd-1st-centuries-bc-asklepios-serpent-entwined-staf.364753/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-mysia-pergamon-bronze-%C3%8615-ca-2nd-1st-centuries-bc-asklepios-serpent-entwined-staf.364753/"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/YnZwEjXnQKCcsUTXvwKh_Asclepius-gradient.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></font></font></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></b></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Obverse:</font></font></b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> head of </font></font><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Asclepius</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"> right. (aka Asklepios, Aesculapius, etc.- spellings vary).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> serpent-entwined staff (i.e., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius" rel="nofollow">Rod of Asclepius</a>).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mysia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon" rel="nofollow">Pergamon</a>. Æ 15 mm, 3.2 g. Ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ref. SNG Copenhagen-401 or similar.<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4302365" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4302365" rel="nofollow">*</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Biga Numismatiek, Netherlands (formerly Alibaba Coins), 13 May 2020.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">I bought this coin from a Dutch dealer and considered it quite a bargain for less than the equivalent of $20 USD, considering the nice portrait, the interesting snake staff on the reverse, and the attractive patina. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The dealer I bought it from attributed it thus:</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">But in the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-bad-at-all-for-under-20-bucks-seleucis-pieria-tessera-asclepius.363298/#post-4626897" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-bad-at-all-for-under-20-bucks-seleucis-pieria-tessera-asclepius.363298/#post-4626897">thread</a> I posted, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] pointed out that it is a coin from Pergamon rather than a bronze tessera from Antioch, citing this <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4302365" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4302365" rel="nofollow">example</a>. Thank you, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]. Given what the coin cited sold for, this is probably worth more than what it was misattributed as.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/LiPCbggaSAux5OMgyCcG_Asclepius-white.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/LtXjbwqRQ6mp53ZNOogQ_Asclepius-black.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8T9pc4JPRN2pFiCavoFB_Asclepius-coinscape.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">001885R</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4723350, member: 10461"][B][SIZE=5][FONT=Georgia]Greece (Mysia, Pergamon): bronze Æ15, ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC; Asklepios / Serpent staff [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/greece-mysia-pergamon-bronze-%C3%8615-ca-2nd-1st-centuries-bc-asklepios-serpent-entwined-staf.364753/'][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/YnZwEjXnQKCcsUTXvwKh_Asclepius-gradient.png[/IMG][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] Obverse:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] head of [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Asclepius[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5] right. (aka Asklepios, Aesculapius, etc.- spellings vary). [B]Reverse:[/B] serpent-entwined staff (i.e., [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius']Rod of Asclepius[/URL]). Mysia, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon']Pergamon[/URL]. Æ 15 mm, 3.2 g. Ca. 2nd-1st centuries BC. Ref. SNG Copenhagen-401 or similar.[URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4302365']*[/URL] Ex-Biga Numismatiek, Netherlands (formerly Alibaba Coins), 13 May 2020. I bought this coin from a Dutch dealer and considered it quite a bargain for less than the equivalent of $20 USD, considering the nice portrait, the interesting snake staff on the reverse, and the attractive patina. The dealer I bought it from attributed it thus: But in the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-bad-at-all-for-under-20-bucks-seleucis-pieria-tessera-asclepius.363298/#post-4626897']thread[/URL] I posted, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] pointed out that it is a coin from Pergamon rather than a bronze tessera from Antioch, citing this [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4302365']example[/URL]. Thank you, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]. Given what the coin cited sold for, this is probably worth more than what it was misattributed as.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/LiPCbggaSAux5OMgyCcG_Asclepius-white.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/LtXjbwqRQ6mp53ZNOogQ_Asclepius-black.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8T9pc4JPRN2pFiCavoFB_Asclepius-coinscape.png[/IMG] [COLOR=#ffffff]001885R[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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