Snakes on a Thread!

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  1. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    I've posted this Nerva from Alexandria before...but here it is again.

    Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 A.D.

    Obverse: Bust of Nerva facing right, KAIS SEB AVT NEPOVAS

    Reverse: Agathodaemon serpent coiled with head right, holding caduceus and grain ear within coils, wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. In exergue, LA.

    Reference: Milne 542, Dattari 638 (rare)

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    ancient coin hunter, Oct 22, 2020
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  3. jdmKY

    jdmKY Well-Known Member

    B1264D0A-3488-4790-89B9-2E848E470406.jpeg EA4904B9-D2B2-4745-B29D-2A820A96EEA6.jpeg

    Similar to Bing’s Volteius, but Imperatorial.
     
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    jdmKY Well-Known Member

    9777940A-8B28-4F39-8A4A-D3D6C7644869.jpeg E33579A6-B970-403D-B908-25A69BBD59FB.jpeg More snakes! Salus with a snake



    Octavia and Antony

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  5. AncientJoe

    AncientJoe Well-Known Member

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  6. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    SNAKES

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    Makedon Alexander III the Great AE17 5.6g 325-310 Alex-Herakles lion skin - B A bow case club Coiled SNAKE Price 385


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    RR Man Acilius Glabrio 49 BCE Salus Valetudo snake Craw 442-1a Sear 412


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    Mysia Pergamon Tetradrachm 12.4g 26mm Cista mystica with serpents - snakes KP 85-76 BCE


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    RProv AE18mm 4.3g Elagabalus CE 218-222 Thrace Philippolis Snake tripod Moushmov 5423
     
    Alegandron, Oct 22, 2020
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  7. jdmKY

    jdmKY Well-Known Member

    Thanks, Joe! I can’t take any credit for the photos. Someone much more talented took them.
     
    jdmKY, Oct 22, 2020
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  8. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    Mysia Pergamon Asclepios Soteros.jpg Mysia, Pergamon, early-mid 2nd century BC, AE
    Obv: Laureate head of Asklepios right
    Rev: ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΣ / ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ,Serpent coiled around omphalos
    Note: Bieber, M. (1957). A Bronze Statuette in Cincinnati and Its Place in the History of the Asklepios Types. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 101(1), 70-92.
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    Bronze Statue circa 275 BC

    Agothodaemon and Asklepius are connected. Asklepius’ serpentine rod, like the caduceus is one link as well as Serapis’ association with Asklepius and healing. The text on this stele also references the two together.
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    João Feliciano (2010), The Agathos Daimon in Greco-Egyptian religion
     
    Sulla80, Nov 7, 2020
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