E-Auction 30 Aftersale Lot 19

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E-Auction 30 Aftersale Lot 19

PELOPONNESOS. ARGOLIS. Epidauros. Circa 255-250 B.C. AR hemidrachm. 2.75 gm. 18 mm. Laureate head of Asklepios left, E behind / EΠ monogram within wreath. HGC 5, 724. Cf BCD Peloponnesos 1237-1238 (same dies). Good Very Fine; good style; attractive and well centered on both sides on an exceptionally broad flan; pleasing light toning; slight deposits/horn silver on obverse. Rare.

Ex BCD.

The early Hellenistic coinage of Epidauros is a very small issue and very rare. Epidauros is considered the birthplace of the divine doctor Asklepios, god of healing, son of Apollo and student of the Centaur Cheiron. He was associated with antiquity's most famous sanctuary and place of pilgrimage for the sick located just south of the city, the site of the Panhellenic games known as the "Asklepiaia," a massive complex active at various times in antiquity, which included a temple, shrines, mineral springs, hotel and enkomitria (a large sleeping hall for the ill), and theatre. Their ruins remain a popular tourist destination today. In fact the famous theatre of the 3rd to 2nd centuries is well preserved and still in use.

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