Savoca Coins
Online Auction 113 | Silver 19 Sep 2021
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Achaia. Pellene. Septimius Severus AD 193-211.
Assarion Æ
21 mm, 4,47 g
Illegible inscription, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΠЄΛΛHNЄ]ΩN, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff.
nearly very fine
BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC Peloponnesus -; NCP p. 92; Mus. Arig. IV, No 55, pl.XIV.
This is a very characteristic variety of the usual representation of Asklepios: he holds his serpent-entwined staff differently and he doesn't lean on it.
From the Tareq Hani collection
Assarion Æ
21 mm, 4,47 g
Illegible inscription, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [ΠЄΛΛHNЄ]ΩN, Asklepios standing left, holding serpent-entwined staff.
nearly very fine
BCD Peloponnesos -; BCD Peloponnesos II -; BMC Peloponnesus -; NCP p. 92; Mus. Arig. IV, No 55, pl.XIV.
This is a very characteristic variety of the usual representation of Asklepios: he holds his serpent-entwined staff differently and he doesn't lean on it.
From the Tareq Hani collection