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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3916171, member: 75937"]Informative write-up, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] ! I have a lot of coins with Asklepios, but these are my two favorites. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one I like because Asklepios is very artistically rendered:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1032201[/ATTACH] </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. 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>This one is also a favorite -- because it features his daughter, Hygieia, alongside him!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-hadrianopolis-hygeia-and-asklepios-jpg.940547/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 22.7 mm, 6.54 g, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 147-155.</p><p>Obv: ·I·AVCTEINA CEBACTH, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera, and Asklepios, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing facing one-another.</p><p>Refs: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10453/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10453/" rel="nofollow">RPC (temp) 10453</a>; SNG Cop 560; Jurukova 84-87; Varbanov 3219; Moushmov 2521; Mionnet suppl. 2, 636.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3916171, member: 75937"]Informative write-up, [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER] ! I have a lot of coins with Asklepios, but these are my two favorites. This one I like because Asklepios is very artistically rendered: [ATTACH=full]1032201[/ATTACH] Severus Alexander, AD 222-235. Roman Provincial Æ 27.2 mm, 8.75 g, 6 h. Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior, Legate Um. Tereventinus, AD 226-227. Obv: AVT K M AVP CEVH AΛEZANΔPOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: HΓ ȢM TEPEBENTINOV MAPKIANOΠOΛIT-ΩN, Asklepios standing facing, head left, holding serpent staff. Refs: AMNG I 1027; Moushmov 696; Varbanov 1685 (same dies). This one is also a favorite -- because it features his daughter, Hygieia, alongside him! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-hadrianopolis-hygeia-and-asklepios-jpg.940547/[/IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 22.7 mm, 6.54 g, 7 h. Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 147-155. Obv: ·I·AVCTEINA CEBACTH, pearl-diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Hygieia, feeding serpent from patera, and Asklepios, leaning on serpent-entwined staff, standing facing one-another. Refs: [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10453/']RPC (temp) 10453[/URL]; SNG Cop 560; Jurukova 84-87; Varbanov 3219; Moushmov 2521; Mionnet suppl. 2, 636.[/QUOTE]
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