Description: Mysia, Pergamon, 133 - 27 BC. Laureate head of Asklepios right / AΣKΛHΠIOΥ ΣΩTHΡOΣ; snake coiled around omphalos.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 8,12 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: BMC Mysia p. 129, 158

Commentary: black patina, minor roughness, well centered

History: Asklepios was the son of Apollo and Coronis and was raised and instructed in the art of medicine by the centaur Chiron (also a teacher of Achilles).

Article Number: 056-03-03-41652