Pergamon, Mysia AE21 200-0 BCE 

• -100 
• Greece (ancient) 
• AE 21 
• Ancient Greece before 146 B.C. 

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Coins

Pergamon, Mysia AE21 200-0 BCE

-100

Birds, Fauna (Animals), Goden, Owls, Reptiles, Snakes

7

21

ASKLHPIOY SWTHROS

BMC 158; BMC 160; Sear SG3967; SNG von Aulock 1371–1372. SNG Paris 1803–1827; Lindgren I 298; SNG von Aulock 1371; SNG Tübingen 2412

Obv; serpent (entwined omphalos) coiled, with sitting owl facing with closed wings at left Rev; Laureate head of Asclepius right Asclepius was a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and represents the healing aspect of the medical arts. His daughters are Hygieia ("Hygiene", the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation), Iaso (the goddess of recuperation from illness), Aceso (the goddess of the healing process), Aglæa/Ægle (the goddess of the glow of good health), and Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy). He was associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Vediovis and the Egyptian Imhotep. He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet Paean ("the Healer"). The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, remains a symbol of medicine today.