Argolis, Epidauros (c.250 BC), Silver Drachm
Argolis, Epidauros (c. 250 B.C.), Silver Drachm. Laureate head of Apollo Maleatas facing right, his hair flowing down over his neck, rev. Asklepios seated left, holding a long sceptre in his left hand and extending his right hand over a serpent that is coiled on left before him, a hound lying to right below the seat, and small ΘE above strut, 4.64g., 12h (BCD, Leu 96, 2006, lot 1240 (these dies), and lot 1236 (Aeginetic weight, this obverse die); P. Requier, 'Le monnayage d'Epidaure à la lumière d'un nouveau trésor', SNR 72, 1993, pl. 4, 57; BMC 7 (these dies); SNG Lockett 2508 (these dies)). Traces of double-striking on the reverse, otherwise a very good depiction of Asklepios, and a beautiful example with a superb old dark blue-purple cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
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Argolis, Epidauros (c. 250 B.C.), Silver Drachm. Laureate head of Apollo Maleatas facing right, his hair flowing down over his neck, rev. Asklepios seated left, holding a long sceptre in his left hand and extending his right hand over a serpent that is coiled on left before him, a hound lying to right below the seat, and small ΘE above strut, 4.64g., 12h (BCD, Leu 96, 2006, lot 1240 (these dies), and lot 1236 (Aeginetic weight, this obverse die); P. Requier, 'Le monnayage d'Epidaure à la lumière d'un nouveau trésor', SNR 72, 1993, pl. 4, 57; BMC 7 (these dies); SNG Lockett 2508 (these dies)). Traces of double-striking on the reverse, otherwise a very good depiction of Asklepios, and a beautiful example with a superb old dark blue-purple cabinet tone, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
