{"product_id":"argolis-epidauros-c250-bc-silver-drachm-cm04888","title":"Argolis, Epidauros (c.250 BC), Silver Drachm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Palatino\" linotype\u003eArgolis, Epidauros (c. 250 B.C.), Silver Drachm.  Laureate head of Apollo Maleatas facing right, his hair flowing down over his neck, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Palatino\" linotype\u003erev\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Palatino\" linotype\u003e. 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Palatino\" linotype greek\u003e, and small ΘE above strut, 4.64g., 12h (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Palatino\" linotype\u003eBCD, 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)).  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Palatino\" linotype\u003eTraces 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\\'background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Palatino\" linotype\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sovereign Rarities Live","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56476675211650,"sku":"CM04888","price":9500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.sovr.co.uk\/products\/argolis-epidauros-c250-bc-silver-drachm-cm04888","provider":"Sovereign Rarities Live","version":"1.0","type":"link"}