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Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (2.67 grams, 52 mm).
A sheet-bronze votive plaque fragment displaying repoussé ornament, likely the god Asclepius holding his snake-entwined staff beneath a columned arch, additional snakes raising their heads and necks beside and above him, other enigmatic symbols in the field.
PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 2000.
From the collection of a European gentleman living in the UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. similar style plaque in the British Museum, an embossed plaque of Athena, inventory number 2003.0901.23.
FOOTNOTES:
Aesculapius, god of medicine, the Greek Asclepius, son of Apollo and a mortal, Coronis, is often accompanied by a snake, a symbol of wisdom and healing power. Aesculapius-Asclepius is also often represented with the staff having a snake wrapped around it.
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