Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7260057
Area
Coins
Title
Pergamon, Mysia AE19 200-0 BCE
Face value
Year
-100
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Material
Weight
10
Diameter
19
Thickness
Shape
Obverse
ASKLHPIOY SWTHROS
Reverse
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
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
Details
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.