Description: Thessaly, Larissa, 400 - 344 BC. Head of the nymph Larissa left / Laureate head of Asklepios right, serpent before.

Diameter: AE15 mm

Weight: 4,52 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: Rogers 305; BCD Thessaly 1164; SNG Cop 146

Commentary: rare; brown patina, well centered, good details

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: 014-03-03-41652