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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8098274, member: 75937&quot;]Those are some lovely coins, [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER], and I&#039;m happy they bring you joy and hope. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are coins depicting every healing deity I have in my collection: Apollo, Asklepios, Hygieia/Salus, Telesphoros, and even Glykon! </p><p><br /></p><p>I value our online friendship and everything you do for our online community. Know that you are in our collective thoughts and prayers. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/alexandria-troas-apollo-r-horse-feeding-l-jpg.1220414/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Troas, Alexandria, 3rd-2nd c. BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 13.5 mm, 2.20 g, 11 h.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Apollo, right.</p><p>Rev: AΛEΞAN above horse grazing left, monogram beneath, thunderbolt in exergue.</p><p>Refs: Sear 4028; BMC 17.10,18-20; SNG Cop 81-82; SNG von Aulock 7546.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/severus-alexander-marcianopolis-asklepios-jpg.1032201/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Severus Alexander, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 27.2 mm, 8.75 g, 6 h.</p><p>Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior, Legate Um(brius?) Tereventinus, AD 226-227.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP CEVH AΛEZANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: HΓ ȢM TEPEBENTINOV MAPKIANOΠOΛIT-ΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 1027; Moushmov 696; Varbanov 1685 (same dies).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-tranquillina-tomis-hygeia-2-savoca-jpg.972281/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, with Tranquillina, A.D. 238-244</p><p>Roman provincial AE 4.5 assaria, 12.80 g, 28.2 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Tomis, A.D. 241-244.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANTΩNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC // CABINIA TPA / NKVΛΛINA, confronted laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian right and diademed, draped bust of Tranquillina left.</p><p>Rev: MHTPOΠON-TOV TOMEΩC, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent from patera; Δ&lt; (ligate) in lower left field.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I (Pick) 3534.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalus-marcianopolis-telesphoros-jpg.855938/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Elagabalus, AD 218-222.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ assarion, 2.36 g, 16.1 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, AD 218-222.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Telesphoros standing facing, wearing hooded cloak.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 910; Varbanov 1421-22; Moushmov 652; SNG Budapest 191.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-nicopolis-glycon-snake-god-jpg.1053593/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 27.1 mm, 12.33 g, 9 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, Sabinius Modestus, <i>legatus consularis</i>, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΥΠ CΑΒ ΜΟΔЄCΤΟV ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛЄΙΤ | ΩN ΠPOC ICTP, Nimbate figure of snake-god Glycon, coiled in two coils, rising up, head right.</p><p>Refs: Hristova/Hoeft/Jekov (2018) 8.36.22.4 (same dies); Varbanov 4146; Moushmov 1488; Mionnet Suppl. 2, 708; AMNG --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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