Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3993119, member: 56859&quot;]Somehow it was adopted as the symbol of <b>registered nurses</b> (winged caduceus)-- a mistake, apparently.&nbsp; U.S. <i>physicians</i> use the staff of Asklepios as their symbol.&nbsp; For instance, the American Medical Association&#039;s logo:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://amednews.com/storyimage/MN/20050620/opinion/306209958/H4/0/H4-306209958.jpg&amp;MaxW=200&amp;q=100" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s Hermanubis holding a winged caduceus:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipii-hermanubis-tet-e3592-4c-r1-rt_edited-1-jpg.508256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged caduceus in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal (looking more like Disney&#039;s Pluto) left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676; Dattari-Savio pl. 264, 5079</p><p><br /></p><p>Felicitas:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalusdenarius-exdougsmith_edited-1-jpg.642953/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 2.4g, 19mm, 6h; Antioch mint.</p><p>Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: TEMPORVM FEL; Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and patera.</p><p>Reference: RIC IVb 201, p. 44.</p><p><i>ex Doug Smith Collection #527</i></p><p><br /></p><p>On a pediment:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliussestertius-temple-rt-jpg.459255/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>Sestertius; 31 mm, 24 gm; struck AD 173, Rome mint</p><p>Obv: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse (it looks more like a patera to me); within temple with figural columns (telamones); on semicircular pediment, tortoise (unfortunately worn on this coin), cockerel, ram, caduceus, winged helmet, and purse; S-C across fields; RELIG AVG in exergue</p><p>Ref: RIC III 1074; MIR 18, 258-6/37; Banti 260</p><p><br /></p><p>Held by Eirene:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ap-69-eirene-jpg.658582/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 14</p><p>Obv: laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Eirene standing left, holding corn ears and caduceus; L I Δ in fields</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1500.14; Dattari 2532</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in