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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 2476501, member: 5682"]A lot of folks (myself included) sometimes confuse the Caduceus with the Staff of Asclepius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522007[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have referenced a few times before this article from several years ago. Still a good review:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://drblayney.com/Asclepius.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://drblayney.com/Asclepius.html" rel="nofollow">http://drblayney.com/Asclepius.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of tetradrachms with the image of the Caduceus (I think). [Coins mine. Pictures are not.]:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]522009[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian (AD 117-138). BIL tetradrachm (13.62 gm).</b> RY 2 (117/8). Laureate, draped bust right, star before / Agathodaemon moving to right, caduceus behind</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522014[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522010[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). BIL tetradrachm (13.63 gm).</b> RY 3 (139/40). Bare head left, far shoulder draped / Eirene standing left, holding grain ears and caduceus.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 2476501, member: 5682"]A lot of folks (myself included) sometimes confuse the Caduceus with the Staff of Asclepius: [ATTACH=full]522007[/ATTACH] I have referenced a few times before this article from several years ago. Still a good review: [url]http://drblayney.com/Asclepius.html[/url] Here are a couple of tetradrachms with the image of the Caduceus (I think). [Coins mine. Pictures are not.]: [ATTACH=full]522008[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]522009[/ATTACH] [B]EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian (AD 117-138). BIL tetradrachm (13.62 gm).[/B] RY 2 (117/8). Laureate, draped bust right, star before / Agathodaemon moving to right, caduceus behind [ATTACH=full]522014[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]522010[/ATTACH] [B]EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). BIL tetradrachm (13.63 gm).[/B] RY 3 (139/40). Bare head left, far shoulder draped / Eirene standing left, holding grain ears and caduceus. guy[/QUOTE]
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