Epidaurus was among the most celebrated sanctuary cities in the ancient world, its Asklepieion drawing the sick and infirm from across the Mediterranean in search of divine healing. Local bronze issues like this diassarion were almost certainly used in festival and sanctuary commerce — votive offerings, ritual fees, and the small transactions of pilgrims — rather than in broad regional circulation. The city's coinage output was modest and episodic, which accounts for the relative difficulty of assembling a complete type series.
RPC IV.1 10963 falls within the Antonine attribution range, assigned to the reign of Antoninus Pius rather than Hadrian despite the obverse legend — a distinction the RPC editors flag in the online database.
Epidaurus was among the most celebrated sanctuary cities in the ancient world, its Asklepieion drawing the sick and infirm from across the Mediterranean in search of divine healing. Local bronze issues like this diassarion were almost certainly used in festival and sanctuary commerce — votive offerings, ritual fees, and the small transactions of pilgrims — rather than in broad regional circulation. The city's coinage output was modest and episodic, which accounts for the relative difficulty of assembling a complete type series.
RPC IV.1 10963 falls within the Antonine attribution range, assigned to the reign of Antoninus Pius rather than Hadrian despite the obverse legend — a distinction the RPC editors flag in the online database.