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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4740610, member: 110226"]Here's Caracalla's sestertius with Asclepius and the serpent on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhat rough, corroded surfaces with this example, but pretty good detail and centering. The coin was cleaned at some time in the recent past, and it is now re-toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Empire, 215 AD</p><p>Sestertius</p><p>Caracalla</p><p>Obverse: Portrait facing right, legend: M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM.</p><p>Reverse: Asclepius standing facing head left holding snake-entwined staff. Telesphorus at his feet to left and globe to right, legend: P M TR P XVIII IMP III COS IIII P P, S-C.</p><p>RIC 538a; Cohen 329</p><p>20.1 grams</p><p>28 mm, 2 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1159004[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I've noticed other cleaned Asclepius sestertii of Caracalla online. All have varying degrees of corrosion and cleaning, which leads me to think they came out of a hoard a few years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4740610, member: 110226"]Here's Caracalla's sestertius with Asclepius and the serpent on the reverse. Somewhat rough, corroded surfaces with this example, but pretty good detail and centering. The coin was cleaned at some time in the recent past, and it is now re-toning. Roman Empire, 215 AD Sestertius Caracalla Obverse: Portrait facing right, legend: M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM. Reverse: Asclepius standing facing head left holding snake-entwined staff. Telesphorus at his feet to left and globe to right, legend: P M TR P XVIII IMP III COS IIII P P, S-C. RIC 538a; Cohen 329 20.1 grams 28 mm, 2 h. [ATTACH=full]1159004[/ATTACH] I've noticed other cleaned Asclepius sestertii of Caracalla online. All have varying degrees of corrosion and cleaning, which leads me to think they came out of a hoard a few years ago.[/QUOTE]
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