Description: Thessaly, Trikka, early 4th century BC. Head of the nymph Trikka to right, wearing a pendant earring and with her hair in a roll / TPIKKAI-ΩN; Asklepios, draped to the waits, seated right on backless stool, holding staff over his left shoulder and holding small bird in his right hand, feeding it to a snake coiled to left on the right; A below stool.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 9,18 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: Rogers 552; SNG Cop 267

Commentary: rare; dark green patina with some scattered bronze patches, well centered, good details

History: Trikka was, according to legend, the birthplace of Asklepios and also the place of his earliest sanctuary.

Article Number: 024-08-02-41652