Mysia, Pergamon; head of Asklepios/snake on omphalos
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