Description: Mysia, Pergamon, 133 - 16 BC. Laureate head of Asklepios right / AΣKΛHΠIOΥ ΣΩTHΡOΣ; snake coiled around omphalos, c/m: owl.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 7,46 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: SNG BnF 1815 (with countermark); BMC Mysia p. 129, 158

Commentary: brown patina, good example of popular owl countermark

History: The sanctuary of Asklepios was founded about 2.5 km to the southwest of the acropolis and became particularly famous in the time of Eumenes II.

Article Number: 031-10-04-41652