Watch List notes:

PELOPONNESOS. ARGOLIS. Epidauros. Circa late 290-270 B.C. AR hemidrachm. 1.86 gm. 15 mm. Earliest style bust. Laureate head of Asklepios left / EP monogram within a wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 1226f (same dies). Very Fine; toned and attractive. Rare.Ex Edward J. Waddell Ltd., $1,250. Ex BCD with BCD note: "Unusually light but not plated!"The early Hellenistic coinage of Epidauros is a very small issue and very rare. Asklepios, the divine doctor, son of Apollo and student of the Centaur Cheiron, was associated with the famous sanctuary and place of pilgrimage for the ill located just south of the city and the site of Panhellenic games called the "Asklepiaia," temple, hotel, and theatre, active at various times in antiquity. Their ruins remain a popular tourist destination today, and in fact the famous theatre of the 3rd-2nd century is perfectly preserved and still in use.